Saturday, October 24, 2015

Ways to Shield Syrian Civilians




The flight deck of the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt, from which American F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jets are launched to attack Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq. Credit Adam Ferguson for The New York Times
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is locked in a sharp new debate over whether to deploy American military forces to establish no-fly zones and safe havens in Syria to protect civilians caught in its grinding civil war.


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Where Russian and American Weapons Have Been Fired in Syria

Pro-government forces pushed north along several routes Thursday in a heavily contested region of northeastern Syria.
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Nonetheless, the fact that the administration is even revisiting an idea it has previously rejected — just weeks after Mr. Obama publicly dismissed it again — underscored the urgency of the crisis as tens of thousands of Syrians flood Europe to escape the war zone and Russian airstrikes fuel the multisided conflict. It also suggested a frustration on the part of policy makers seeking a strategy that can succeed.
Among the options discussed on Monday were establishing safe zones for civilians on Syria’s borders with Turkey and Jordan. Officials presented different variants, including some that had safe zones exclusively for humanitarian relief and more ambitious versions that would provide sanctuary for Syrian opposition forces allied with Americans.


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