Saturday, 15 October 2011

THE GUARDIAN - Syria is heading for full-blown civil war, top UN official warns, Oct 15, 2011

Assad supporters in Damascus on Wednesday
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Assad supporters in Damascus on Wednesday. Photograph: Eyard Bahadi/DPA/PA
Large rallies urging further defections from the Syrian security forces have been attacked by government gunmen, as a senior United Nations official warned that the country was sliding towards a full-blown civil war.

At least 10 people were killed across Syria, taking the death toll in the six-month uprising to more than 3,000, not including loyalist members of the security forces who continue to target demonstrators.

Deir Azour in the Kurdish north was a scene of violent clashes between security forces and defectors who had been urged to swap sides by thousands of chanting activists."

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