Lebanon rejects Russian Navy’s request to close airspace for exercise

Russian Navy warships in the Mediterranean wanted to conduct an exercise and Moscow sent a request to Lebanon to have part of its airspace closed for the war games. Lebanon turned down the request.

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“This (disruption would have been) for three days but we refused because it is against our interests,” Lebanese transport minister said.

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