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President Bashar al-Assad of Syria has said his country is in a state of war 15 months after the uprising against his rule began. Mr Assad was speaking after a day of fighting between the Syrian army and rebels on the outskirts of the capital Damascus. Earlier, the United Nations Security Council was told that the conflict in Syria is worsening. From neighboring Lebanon, here's Jim Muir.
叙利亚总统阿萨德说,反对自己统治的起义进行15个月后,本国已处于战争状态。叙利亚军队和叛军在首都大马士革郊区作战一天后,阿萨德发表此番讲话。早些时候,联合国安理会得知,叙利亚的冲突正在恶化。Jim Muir在黎巴嫩报道。
President Assad was addressing the first meeting of the new cabinet which emerged after general elections held in May, and he made it clear that the country and administration were on a war footing. "We are living a state of war, in all its aspects and in every meaning of the word," he told the ministers. "All policies and all directions in every sector had to be directed towards victory in that war." The implication of Mr Assad's remarks is that he expects the conflict to be a long haul. Events on the ground seemed to bear him out with both sides reporting violent clashes and many casualties in suburbs of Damascus as well as many other places around the country.