ATHENS: The United States has asked Greece to bar Russian supply flights to Syria from its airspace, a Greek official said Monday, as Moscow vowed to continue arming the regime of Bashar al-Assad.
“We received the (US) request on Saturday and are examining it,” a Greek foreign ministry official said on condition of anonymity.
Washington is concerned that Moscow could be increasing its military support to the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, an issue raised by US Secretary of State John Kerry to his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov over the weekend.
The New York Times has reported that Russia has sent a military …read more
Source: theSun
