Reuters BERLIN: German Foreign
Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has called for a temporary no-fly zone for military aircraft in
Syria of up to seven days following the bombing of an aid convoy near
Aleppo.
"The situation in Syria is now on a knife edge," Steinmeier said
according to a statement tweeted by the Foreign Ministry in Berlin
Thursday.
"If the ceasefire is to stand any chance (of succeeding), the
only path is a temporary, but complete ban of all military aircraft movement in Syria - for at least
three days, better would be seven days," Steinmeier said.
U.S. Secretary of
State John Kerry demanded Wednesday that Russia and the Syrian government immediately
halt flights over Syrian battle zones, in what he called a last chance to salvage a collapsing
ceasefire. |