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Archive Home > 2012 > July > 16 > Syrian conflict a civil war, Red Cross declares

Syrian conflict a civil war, Red Cross declares

By Albert Aji and Frank Jordans / The Bulletin
July 16, 2012

DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria’s 16-month bloodbath crossed an important symbolic threshold Sunday as the international Red Cross formally declared the conflict a civil war, a status with implications for potential war crimes prosecutions.

The Red Cross statement came as United Nations observers....

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