Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said no steps could be taken to create safe zones to protect refugees inside Syria without a UN resolution. "We cannot take such a step without any resolution at the UN Security Council," Erdogan told Kanal Turk television channel. Erdogan said creating a buffer zone without a no-fly zone would be very risky. "You cannot create a buffer zone without a no-fly zone in place," he said. "Turkey is siding with the Syrian people, not with the cruel Bashar al-Assad regime," said Erdogan. "In my opinion, Assad's political life is over," he added.