Western Intelligence Officials -- Syrian Civil War Is A Stalemate (Updated)

Syria Death Toll Climbs As West Label Civil War A Stalemate -- Christian Science Monitor

This weekend saw one of the highest death tolls for Syrian rebels in a civil war that has now claimed an estimated 93,000 lives.

Syrian rebels suffered one of their worst single-day death tolls Sunday, as at least 75 were killed by regime troops in battles for control of Damascus, even as Western officials warned the civil war looked to be a "stalemate."

According to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the majority of those killed on Sunday died in an ambush by President Bashar al-Assad's forces in the Damascus suburb of Adra, reports the Associated Press. According to the group, which gathers reports from activists inside Syria, 49 rebels were killed in the attack. Syrian state news agency SANA also reported the ambush, but did not give casualties.

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