http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/08/us-mideast-crisis-greece-russia-idUSKCN0R812T20150908
World | Tue Sep 8, 2015 6:20am EDT
Greece says Russia picks Syria aid flight route to east of Greece
Russia plans to use an air route to the east of Greece to transport aid into Syria, meaning the use of Greek airspace for such flights is no longer an issue, a Greek government spokesman said on Tuesday.
The United States had asked Greece to deny Russia the use of Greek air space for the flights, a spokesman for the foreign ministry in Athens said on Monday.
(Reporting by Renee Maltezou; editing by John Stonestreet)
Remember Greece has thousands of islands to the east of the peninsula. If they go ease they fly over Turkey.
(then again we are talking about a state department run by Kerry and lead by Obama)