Russia: Syria deal bans US-led coalition aircraft

[DonViejo]

Source: Associated Press




By LYNN BERRY
May. 5, 2017 6:02 AM EDT

MOSCOW (AP) — The "de-escalation zones" to be established in Syria will be closed to military aircraft from the U.S.-led coalition, the Russian official who signed the new agreement said Friday.

Alexander Lavrentyev spoke a day after he and officials from Turkey and Iran agreed to establish the zones, in the latest attempt to reduce violence in the Arab country. Under the Russian plan, President Bashar Assad's air force would halt flights over the designated areas across the war-torn country.

Lavrentyev suggested that all military aircraft, including Russian and Turkish, also were prohibited. The same was suggested in a U.N. statement, which said Secretary-General Antonio Guterres "welcomes the commitments to ceasing the use of all weapons, particularly aerial assets."

Full details of Thursday's agreement have not yet been released. The Russian Defense Ministry said it would do so at a briefing later Friday.

Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/c80332ce05724be49f7a9d586e4bab8a/russia-syria-deal-bans-us-led-coalition-aircraft

[world wide wally]

1. Gee. Shocking.

Now Russia is telling us where we can fly and where we can't.
It's obvious Trump is not a Putin puppet.

[noneof_theabove]

2. YES HE IS....

he has not thrown a tweeter-tantrum about it.

[dchill]

3. I know what a REAL President would do.

[dalton99a]

4. +1

[dembotoz]

5. do wish i had some ground to air missles laying around the house