Syria conflict now a civil war, UN peacekeeping chief says

[dipsydoodle]

Source: Reuters UNITED NATIONS | Tue Jun 12, 2012 10:42pm

(Reuters) - The 15-month-old conflict in Syria has grown into a full-scale civil war in which the government is attempting to recapture large swathes of urban territory it has lost to the opposition, the U.N. peacekeeping chief said on Tuesday.

"Yes, I think we can say that," U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Herve Ladsous said in an interview with Reuters and one other reporter when asked if the Syrian crisis could now be characterized as a civil war.

"Clearly what is happening is that the government of Syria lost some large chunks of territory in several cities to the opposition and wants to retake control of these areas," he said.

It is the first time a senior U.N. official has declared that the Syrian conflict is a civil war.

Read more: http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/06/12/syria-crisis-un-idINDEE85B0BS20120612

[Iliyah]

1. Damn, pay me the big bucks

cause I said when the killing started.

Syria is a dictatorship, it no such thing as protect without being jailed or killed. Something the US will address if a certain party wins, hint it starts with R.

[azurnoir]

2. Well it's about time someone spoke the truth here however a question remains

just who is the opposition?

[Igel]

3. Well, there's one thing you seldom hear about these days.

That would be the Iraqis that took refuge in Syria.

[azurnoir]

4. True enoughj the only thing I've 'heard' is that apparently

they weren't being allowed to enter Jordan