safe corridor
Secured escape path
A safe corridor is a designated route through a conflict zone where civilians or aid workers can travel without being attacked.
Warring parties agree to suspend hostilities along these passages, allowing evacuation or delivery of supplies: The UN negotiated a safe corridor for refugees fleeing the city.
Also called a humanitarian corridor.
- humanitarianHelper of suffering people
- humanitarian aidCrisis relief for sufferers
- evacuationRemoval from danger
- civilian evacuationRelocating noncombatants from hazard zones
- escapeFlight from captivity
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- anti-piracynaval patrol, naval patrols, escort mission, hostage rescue, warships
- Peacekeepingpeacekeepers, peacekeeping missions, blue helmets, UN peacekeeping, UN missions
- ceasefirestruce, armistice, ceasefire line, ceasefire violation, Christmas truce
safe corridorwar zone
Area of active conflict
danger zone · kill zone · combat zone · hostile territory · death trap
safe corridortheater of war
Military operations zone
front line · battle zone · conflict zone · strike zone · fire zone
safe corridorblockade
Sealing off a place
barricade · checkpoint · closed border · restricted area · quarantine zone
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