UN Monitors Exit Syria as Brahimi Describes Civil War
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United Nations monitors prepared to leave Syria today after the failure of their four-month mission, while the organization’s newly appointed envoy described the country’s conflict as a civil war.
The 173-strong UN mission ended work yesterday and the last military observer will depart by Aug. 24, Edmond Mulet, assistant secretary general for peacekeeping operations, said after the Security Council decided not to renew its mandate on Aug. 16.