© Osman Orsal / Reuters A man walks in a street with abandoned vehicles and damaged buildings in the northern Syrian town of Kobani.
The announcement came from the Greek Foreign Ministry spokesman, who added the US request was being considered.
On Sunday, a diplomatic source in Athens told RIA Novosti that Greece had refused to close its airspace to Russian planes carrying humanitarian aid to Syria.
#VIRAL People flee from Syria because of ISIS, not Assad regime - Putin http://t.co/3VyTJfDRjC pic.twitter.com/8bxh9BlKit
— RT (@RT_com) September 5, 2015On Saturday, the US embassy asked the interim Greek government to prohibit flights of Russian aircraft in the Athens FIR, the country's airspace. The Greeks refused, so as not to worsen relations with Russia, the source said.
The RIA source added that Russia had requested to use Greek airspace for humanitarian flights to Syria, September 1-24. Athens reportedly agreed.
If Surrey was Syria: Hidden cameras show Brits' instinctive reactions to war scenarios http://t.co/pFOkgDH4UZ pic.twitter.com/7imp88HCpd
— RT UK (@RTUKnews) August 28, 2015
Comment: The U.S. is simply paranoid that Russia may actually interfere with their plans for regime change in Syria - never mind the fact that the destruction is so widespread and horrific that life in the region is untenable. Of course, little of that matters to psychopaths intent on their goal.