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May 8, 2012

Red Cross: Some Syrian Violence Qualifies as Civil War 
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The International Committee of the Red Cross said today fighting has
been so intense in parts of Syria that at times the uprising against
President Bashar al-Assad has qualified as a civil war. ICRC President
Jakob Kellenberger said he remained very worried about the situation in
Syria, where U.N. observers are monitoring a shaky ceasefire between
government forces and rebels. On Monday U.N. Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon said the conflict in Syria has become the most serious and
gravest concern of the international community.

Ban Ki-moon: "More than 9,000 people have been killed during the last 14
months. This is a totally unacceptable and intolerable situation. The
situation has reached to that. Our priority at this time is, by
deploying this supervision mission as soon as possible, the cessation of
violence — must stop by all of the parties, either government
military forces or operation forces, this should be stopped."

 

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