U.S. asks Greece to deny Russian flights to Syria

[Disir]

The United States has asked Greece to deny Russia the use of its airspace for supply flights to Syria, a Greek official said on Monday, after Washington told Moscow it was deeply concerned by reports of a Russian military build up in Syria.

The Greek foreign ministry said the request was being examined. Russian newswire RIA Novosti earlier said Greece had refused the U.S. request, quoting a diplomatic source as saying that Russia was seeking permission to run the flights up to Sept. 24.

Russia, which has a naval base in the Syrian port of Tartous, has sent regular flights to Latakia, which it has also used to bring home Russian nationals who want to leave.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Saturday that if reports of the build-up were accurate, that could further escalate the war and risk confrontation with the U.S.-led alliance that is bombing Islamic State in Syria.
U.S. asks Greece to deny Russian flights to Syria

Let's put Greece right in the middle of it.

 

[Pete7469]

We should be working with the Russians to invade Syria, and let them wipe out the saracen zealots of slavery and death.

Russians don't fuck around with "hearts and minds", they bayonet them.

 

[Katzndogz]

To suggest that someone is going to do what the obumble tells them to do is laughable. It is to everyone's interest if Russia puts an end to obama's misadventure.

 

[B. Kidd]

Looks like Russkie flights were not flying over Turkey, like the L.A. Times reported.