Two Must Watch Reports On Syria's Civil War

Is It Time For The US to Intervene In Syria? -- Al Jazeera

As Syria gets closer to descending into a civil war, we ask what can the United States do to end the violence.

Thousands have been killed since the revolt against the rule of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad began in March of last year and there is no sign of the misery abating.

On Friday, Navi Pillay, the UN's Human Rights chief said the killing of over 100 civilians in Houla last weekend may have been a crime against humanity. Pillay also warned Syria is in danger of descending into a civil war that could destablise the entire region.

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Syria: Nightmare Scenario On Horizon? -- CNN

It has been more than a year since Syria's uprising began, but unlike with Egypt, Tunisia or even Libya, there is no clear endgame.

What does the recent massacre there signal, how long can the regime of President Bashar al-Assad hang on and what should the U.S. do? Fawaz Gerges has been in and out of Syria three times in the last year, and he says it looks and feels like a civil war. Gerges, a professor at the London School of Economics and author of "Obama and the Middle East, the End of America's Moment," weighs in on the issue, in this edited interview with Fareed Zakaria from "Fareed Zakaria GPS."

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