The government rejected a request a US request to Abbadi closed its airspace before the Russian planes
October 1, 2015
Baghdad/Iraq News Network-the Iraqi Government refused a us request to close its airspace to Russian cargo planes headed to Syria, officials said early Thursday.
And a source close to the decision-making Center in Baghdad that Washington had requested the Iraqi Government to close the air atmosphere before the Russian cargo planes destined for Syria, especially military ones, but that the Iraqi Government had ignored the request and allowed the Russian planes using Iraqi airspace without restrictions. "
The source added that "rejection came simultaneously with the announcement of quadripartite Alliance, which included Russia, Iraq, Syria and Iran, which has already started to work on a joint information center inside the green zone, which houses the us Embassy."
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October 1, 2015
Baghdad/Iraq News Network-the Iraqi Government refused a us request to close its airspace to Russian cargo planes headed to Syria, officials said early Thursday.
And a source close to the decision-making Center in Baghdad that Washington had requested the Iraqi Government to close the air atmosphere before the Russian cargo planes destined for Syria, especially military ones, but that the Iraqi Government had ignored the request and allowed the Russian planes using Iraqi airspace without restrictions. "
The source added that "rejection came simultaneously with the announcement of quadripartite Alliance, which included Russia, Iraq, Syria and Iran, which has already started to work on a joint information center inside the green zone, which houses the us Embassy."
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