Syrian-American activists cornered Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes Wednesday night to plead with him to support a no-fly zone in Syria to help protect civilians.

“I told him that his opposition to the no-fly zone was the reason that our families are refugees and that Syrians are being killed every day,” Omar Hossino, spokesman for the Syrian American Council, told the Washington Examiner about his encounter with Rhodes.

Recommended Stories

Polish president scrambles back from overseas trip amid Donald Tusk-led ‘coup d’état’ at police-swarmed Constitutional Tribunal

NYT report on Alaska ballot stacking is ‘five-alarm fire’ and ‘obvious’ cheating: Joe Concha

DEA begins granting federal approval to more than 900 medical marijuana dispensaries