U.S. Rebuffs Turkish Pressure to Create a No-Fly Zone in Syria
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President Barack Obama’s national security adviser, Susan Rice, all but ruled out the U.S. joining Turkey to create a militarily protected safe haven in Syria to shelter civilians and opposition fighters.
Turkey, a key ally in the coalition against Islamic State, has been pressing the Obama administration to deepen its involvement in the Syrian civil war by establishing a no-fly zone along the Turkey-Syria border to protect civilians and weaken the control of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.