A HEAVY flight of US-led coalition warplanes have reportedly been seen flying over the Iraqi border as a nerve gas counter attack looms.
Civilian planes were said to have been ordered to clear the airspace over Syria by the US military for at least 48 hours as flight radar shows aircraft diverting.
The European air traffic controller has warned airlines to “exercise caution†in the Eastern Mediterranean due to the possible launch of airstrikes in Syria in the next 72 hours.
Nafiseh Kohnavard, a reporter for the BBC, tweeted: "Airlines that are still using Syria’s airspace have received a request to change their corridors for the next 48 hours.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6021889/syria-airspace-cleared-us-coalition-warplanes/