In November last year, the United Nations warned the conflict could spiral into genocide.
The new Taliban alliance has raised concern in Afghanistan, where NATO generals warn that the conflict will worsen this year.
This year alone there have been 53 British deaths, and commanders warn that the conflict in the south will get bloodier before it gets better.
UN and American officials have gone so far as to warn that the conflict is at risk of leading to "genocide".Séléka forces from the predominantly Muslim north are hoarding food and prey on civilians.
Analysts warn that the conflict has already taken on dangerous sectarian dimensions.
During the meeting in Greece, the Macedonian defense minister warned that the conflict was becoming more serious, American officials said.
But some analysts warned that the conflict, which has cost more than 1,500 lives, would be difficult to end, especially because of the French role in removing Gbagbo.
Dame Anne Owers, who for nine years has been the prisons watchdog, today warns of the conflict between the forced removal of failed asylum seekers and the proper care of detainees held in immigration custody.
The report cited a document from 1998 which warned of "the conflict between ever-reducing resources and... increasing demands, whether they be operational, financial, legislative, or merely those symptomatic of keeping the old aircraft flying".
Mr. Annan has repeatedly warned that the conflict, which began as a peaceful Arab Spring opposition movement against Mr. Assad in March 2011, is threatening to plunge Syria and its neighboring countries into a sectarian conflagration.
