US-Russia Memo on Air Safety Over Syria Takes Effect

A Russia/U.S. memorandum of understanding went into effect immediately after it was signed Tuesday, providing a framework for both countries’ aircraft to maintain a “safe distance” from one another over Syria. Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook declined to say what that distance was in a meeting with reporters, but he said U.S. crews know exactly what it is. “It is safe to say that anything that could be deemed as threatening or hostile would be deemed a violation of this agreement,” he...

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