Red cross syria civil war july 15 2012

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The International Committee of the Red Cross officially declared Syria in a state of civil war yesterday.

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Syrian children ride in the back of a truck as they return to their village of Kfar Sijna on July 10, 2012, the day after it came under fire by Syrian government forces. The Red Cross has officially classified the Syrian conflict as a civil war, in order to hold combatants to international humanitarian law and the Geneva Conventions.

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