U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned the Security Council that a full-blown civil war in Syria was "imminent,". Speaking at a UN conference he said

Meanwhile the very human cost and tragedy of this bloody fighting in Syria, continues. This unverified amateur video contains some graphic scenes. This video uploaded to a social media website shows a baby in a nappy being carried to a hospital bed in a makeshift clinic in Talbisah, a town on the outskirts of Homs. Blood dripped down the screaming baby's face, and a man was seen removing a piece of shrapnel from the baby's head.

As the hopes for success of Annan's peace bid are fading, the United Nations must soon decide whether its 300-member monitoring mission in Syria was sustainable or useful.

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