Is Syria In A State Of Civil War? -- Al Jazeera
As fighting escalates, we ask why the international community is reluctant to call the conflict a civil war.
As Syrian government forces intensify attacks from the air and on the ground aimed at stamping out opposition strongholds from Aleppo and elsewhere, the world is asking whether or not Syria is in a state of civil war.
Any change in status of the conflict would mean combatants would be subjects to the Geneva Conventions, potentially allowing prosecutions for war crimes.
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My Comment: It is when I read stories like this one that I know that Syria is in a state of civil war.
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