Violence in Syria has escalated into what the Red Cross calls a civil war

Arwa Damon ‏@arwaCNN

our piece on an activist we met in damascus 1yr ago & how he went from filming peaceful protests to battlelines http://bit.ly/TnmCun  #syria

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How Syria's bloodshed drove a peaceful protester into the battlelines

"Still alive," Abu Omar said ruefully, responding to my question of "How have you been?" It's become something of a standard reply.

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  Violence in Syria has escalated into what the Red Cross calls a civil war. The UN says more than 60,000 people have died since the uprising began in March 2011. The government of Bashar al-Assad, which is increasingly losing territory to rebel fighters, blames "terrorists" and "armed gangs" for the unrest, while the opposition and other nations have accused Assad's forces of crimes against humanity.

  Syriaabout 3 hours ago

  Around 20,000 Syrian refugees have fled to Jordan in the last seven days due to escalating violence in southern Syria, the fastest influx since the start of the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad two years ago, Jordan's foreign minister said on Wednesday.

  "What we have seen in terms of influx of Syrian refugees coming to Jordan is ... unprecedented, larger than any other time in the last two years," Nasser Judeh told Reuters. "We have
  had 20,000 Syrians coming into Jordan since last Thursday."

  [Source: Reuters]