A 24 hour hotline ensured superpowers did not clash militarily over Syria air strikes
Steve Bird Edward Malnick Alec Luhn, Moscow
14 April 2018 • 5:39pm
Russia received a series of crucial warnings from America of the imminent air strikes through a 24 hour hotline intended to limit the possibility of a direct military clash between the two superpowers, it has emerged.
In the aftermath of the bombing of Syrian targets, America, Britain and France were all at pains to point out that the so-called “deconfliction channel†- a continuously open line of communication between Washington and Moscow - had been repeatedly used.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/04/14/24-hour-hotline-ensured-superpowers-did-not-clash-militarily/
