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 ::The German sources were an additional example for the international perspective, after  mentioned Spanish sources. Also, its pretty ridiculous to say other language versions of Wikipedia may call this ""civil war"", but the English Wikipedia is not affected by this. After all, it's the same event all these articles are refering to. And let's not forget Anglophone media is refering to the Syrian situation as ""civil war"", too: ""Syria is not slipping into civil war. It’s already there. By any reasonable standard of the term – numbers dead, the strength and organisation of rebel forces, or the intensity of violence – Syria’s conflict has grown into more than an insurgency"" FT.com   "