Some Syria Violence Qualifies As Civil War: Red Cross

GENEVA (Reuters) - Fighting has been so intense in parts of Syria that at times the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad has qualified as a localized civil war, the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Tuesday.

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