U.N. says Syria now in civil war, death toll hits 4,000; U.S. sanctions Assad’s uncle
00:00 - 01 يناير, 1970
Syria is now in a state of civil war with more than 4,000 dead and increasing numbers of defecting soldiers taking up arms against the government of President Bashar al-Assad, the top United Nations human rights official said on Thursday as U.S. placed economic sanctions on a senior Syrian general