Iraq opens airspace to Russian aircraft attacking targets in Syria

Baghdad says Russia has been permitted to conditionally use Iraq's airspace for anti-ISIL airstrikes in Syria. Iraq's president Haider al-Abadi has said that Russian planes will be allowed to use border corridors for their strikes and will not be flying over Iraqi cities. The president made the statement at a news briefing on Tuesday. He added that Iraq has not received an official request from Russia concerning the passage of any types of rockets across Iraq's skies. Subscribe to us on Youtube: https://goo.gl/lP12gA Download for IOS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cctvn... Download for Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/de... Follow us on: Facebook:   / cctvnewschina   Twitter:   / cctvnews   Google+: https://plus.google.com/+CCTVNEWSbeijing Tumblr:   / cctvnews   Weibo: http://weibo.com/cctvnewsbeijing