Bulgaria Blocks All Russian Flights To Syria

Deutsche Welle: Bulgaria blocks Russian flights en route to Syria

Military flights traveling from Moscow to Syria have been refused passage over EU member Bulgaria. Sofia has expressed doubts over the cargo, amid fears that Russia is boosting military support for the Assad regime.

Bulgaria said on Tuesday it was denying Russia's request to fly its planes to Syria over its territory.

"The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry has refused flights over Bulgaria of Russian military transport planes en route to Syria," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Betina Zhoteva told the AFP news agency.
She said that her government had information which had spurred doubts about the cargo on the planes.

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