02 / 12 / 2011
Syria now in a civil war with 4,000 dead: United Nations
"Civil war has been the worst-case scenario in Syria since the revolt against Assad began eight months ago. Damascus has a web of allegiances that extends to Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah movement and Iran's Shiite theocracy, raising fears of a regional conflagration". Read more
By Elizabeth A. Kennedy and Frank Jordans, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 December 2011