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Clinton calls for safe passage and no-fly zones in Syria

October 3, 2015 at 10:48 am

Would-be US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton called on Friday for the establishment of safe passage and no-fly zones in Syria as an attempt to solve the refugee crisis, Alamatonline.com has reported.

Speaking to a local American TV station in Boston, Clinton said that she personally supports this idea in an attempt to stop the “humanitarian tragedy on the ground and from the sky.” She also called for having a chance to evaluate what is going on in Syria.

Speaking as part of her political campaign, Clinton said that there is a need for more pressure on Russia at the moment. It’s a “very dangerous game” that Russian President Vladimir Putin is involving himself in, she claimed. “It is clear that he is seeking to support the Syrian regime and to widen the Russian existence in Syria and the Middle East.”

The Obama administration has refused to establish no-fly zones in Syria. A White House spokesman said recently that the president has not changed his position because a no-fly zone requires a lot of logistical effort to protect it.