Syria in state of war, says Bashar al-Assad
10:12 • 27.06.12
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said his country is in "a state of war", more than a year after the uprising against his rule began, the BBC reports.
Addressing his new cabinet, Mr Assad said that all efforts had to be directed towards winning the war.
He criticised countries that have been calling for him to stand down, saying that the West "takes and never gives and this has been proven at every stage".
Earlier the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that fierce clashes took place near Republican Guard positions in Qadsaya and al-Hama, about 8km (5 miles) from the centre of Damascus.
The Observatory said that 10 people had been killed by shelling in Qadsaya and some 58 people had died in violence across Syria on Tuesday - 24 soldiers, 30 civilians and four rebels. The figures cannot be independently verified.
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