No Syria safe zones without UN says Turkey

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Source: AFP

DAMASCUS — Turkey said that UN agreement was necessary to set up safe havens in Syria to stem an exodus of refugees as fierce fighting raged in the north and protesters demanded the end of the regime.

As the fighting raged, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Kanal Turk television that no steps could be taken to create safe zones to protect refugees inside Syria "without any resolution at the UN Security Council".

His comments came the day after his foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu expressed frustration at the reluctance of Ankara's Western allies to heed its calls for protected camps inside Syria to cope with the rapidly swelling numbers of fleeing civilians.

A Turkish diplomat told AFP Ankara would maintain its campaign for a safe haven inside Syria for the tens of thousands of civilians fleeing the violence, despite the appeal to the UN Security Council falling on deaf ears.

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1. Wise. nt

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3. Indeed.

Best not to commit an act of war without first making sure the lexicographers have declared your act to be an act of peace.

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4. It is bad enough even with the pretense of legitimacy that the UN gives.

Without it, it's just a private squabble among the self-interested.

But it's not like everybody is not meddling yet, or will stop.

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2. Safe for terrorism.

Finally though, Russia and China have taken a stand for sovereignty, realizing that they are on the list for dismemberment and destruction as well.