No deal yet on Black Sea air corridor: UNThe UN aviation agency said there has been progress in its talks with Ukraine and Russia toward allowing air traffic to resume in international airspace over the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, and that work was continuing to find a solution. More… |
US jets in Jordan fuel Russian fear of Syria no-fly zoneThe United States said it would keep F-16 fighters and Patriot missiles in Jordan at Amman's request, and Russia bristled at the possibility they could be used to enforce a no-fly zone inside Syria. More… |
US jets in Jordan fuel Russian fear of Syria no-fly zoneThe United States said it would keep F-16 fighters and Patriot missiles in Jordan at Amman's request, and Russia bristled at the possibility they could be used to enforce a no-fly zone inside Syria. More… |
Turkey pressures UN on Syria no-fly zoneTurkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said it would be up to the UN Security Council to decide whether to establish a no-fly zone inside Syria and said he backed the involvement of Russia and China in planned peace talks. Speaking More… |
Qatar calls for no-fly zone in SyriaQatar has called on world powers to prepare a "Plan B" for Syria within weeks and set up a no-fly zone to provide a safe haven inside the country in case international mediator Lakhdar Brahimi fails to make progress i More… |
US, Turkey to impose no-fly zones for SyriaThe United States and Turkey indicated on Saturday they might impose no-fly zones in Syria as battles between rebels and President Bashar al-Assad's forces shook Aleppo and fighting erupted in the heart of Damascus. US Secretary of More… |
Libya no-fly zone draft circulated at UNSupporters of a no-fly zone to halt Libyan government air strikes on rebels circulated a draft resolution at the UN Security Council on Tuesday that would authorise one, but other states said questions remained. The draf More… |
Gaddafi forces press closer to BenghaziLibyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces pressed closer to the opposition stronghold of Benghazi while diplomatic efforts to impose a no-fly zone to help the rebels made little headway. France pressured G8 foreign ministers at a meeting More… |
Libyan rebels urge no-fly zone to stop deathsLibya's rebel leadership made an impassioned plea on Wednesday for the international community to impose a no-fly zone to ground Muammar Gaddafi's warplanes and halt the daily death toll. From his Tripoli stronghold in the west, Gaddafi s More… |