WASHINGTON — Calls to set up a no-fly zone or other refuge for displaced people within Syria face obstacles not only from the Syrian government but potentially from armed opposition groups, says the United Nations’ chief official for humanitarian matters.
Undersecretary-General Valerie Amos told a Washington audience Tuesday [May 7] that the proliferation of opposition militias — who now number about 1,000 — is complicating an already daunting challenge in delivering humanitarian aid to the Syrian people.
