Italy denied U.S. military aircraft headed for the Middle East permission to land at its Sigonella air base in Sicily.

Italy denied U.S. military aircraft headed for the Middle East permission to land at its Sigonella air base in Sicily, according to local reports.

  • ___caio___@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    10 days ago

    It’s just a formality, they didn’t ask so the government uses it as cheap propaganda to gain consensus after the justice referendum debacle. Meanwhile from Aviano jets are regularly taking off.

    • Axolotl@feddit.itEnglish
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      8 days ago

      I don’t think so, it was the defense minister who refused, he actually got in the crossfire with his family during the start of the war, i bet that he didn’t liked that lmao