Syria has plunged into a full-scale civil war - so says the head of the
UN peacekeeping operation there. He added that fighting had reached a
previously unseen ferocity, as government forces seek to blunt a
nationwide offensive by the rebels, who had withdrawn from the
internationally-backed ceasefire.Meanwhile, U.S. Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton is alleging that a new shipment of attack
helicopters were en-route from Russia to Syria, but refused to reveal
her sources. The Pentagon was subsequently put in an awkward position,
admitting it had no knowledge of any such shipment.
