And if a government attempts to oppose the “no-fly zone,” that becomes part of the justification for toppling the regime all together as we saw during the debate over the invasion of Iraq.

The US has established no-fly zones in the past “but unlike previous instances in Iraq, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Libya, which involved containing small and out-dated air forces, Russia has ...

These areas, known as " no-fly zones ," are established for reasons such as security, environmental protection, or preserving ...

said Nato cannot impose a no-fly zone as this could lead to a "third world war". General Sir Adrian Bradshaw told the BBC's Today programme the conflict was not like the 2003 invasion of Iraq.