Baghdad war room to handle flight coordination with US, Russia says

Responding to reports from the US on contacts to avoid confrontations between the American and Russian air forces in Syria, the Russian Defense Ministry announced on Wednesday that the flights will be coordinated via its war room in Baghdad. DEBKAfile: This stipulation is an attempt by Moscow to force the US Air Force fto submit its flights in Syrian airspace to Iranian, Iraqi, Syrian and Russian officers manning their war room in Baghdad..