U.S. and Turkey weigh no-fly zones for Syria

ISTANBUL (dk) - The United States and Turkey are looking at all measures to help Syrian rebel forces fighting to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad, includinga no-fly zone, as the conflict there deepens, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Saturday. Clinton told reporters after talks with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu that their countries needed to get into detailed operational planning on how to assistthe rebels and bring a halt to the violence. Overnight Syrian and Jordanian forces clashed along the border in an incident that highlighted international concerns that the civil war in Syria could ignite a wider regional conflict. The clashes also emphasised the urgent need for planning on what could follow Assad's fall. "Our intelligence services,our military have very important responsibilitiesand roles to play so we are going to be setting up a working group to doexactly that," Clinton said. Asked if such discussions included options such as imposing a no-