CEVAP:

Civil war on the other hand is a war between organized groups within the same country fighting with the aim of taking control of the country or a region, achieving independence for a region or changing government policies. However, wars between the government on the one side and an organized group on the other are also accepted as civil wars. Civil wars are not considered war under the provisions of International Law, in in this context according to Geneva Conventions (1949) which are part of the law of war they are comprised (in article 3) under the heading of “non-international armed conflict”. Accordingly, civil wars are defined as wars in which one or more non-state armed groups are involved. Depending on the situation, hostilities may occur between governmental armed forces and non-state armed groups or between such groups .