PM refused to permit Jordanian helicopters to fly Mahmoud Abbas from Ramallah to Damascus

PM refused to permit Jordanian helicopters to fly Mahmoud Abbas from Ramallah to Damascus

Mahmoud Abbas had to drive from Ramallah to the Allenby Bridge, where he crossed the border to Jordan, and flew from there by Jordanian helicopter to Syria.

The Palestinian Authority chairman was supposed to fly in Jordanian helicopters to his historic meeting with the Syrian leader - his first visit to Damascus in about two decades • The Israeli refusal, reported in Arab media, will force Abbas to choose a longer route, via the Allenby Crossing

Under the direction of the political echelon, the Air Force thwarted the Palestinian Authority Chairman's flight to Damascus - Abbas was forced to arrive by car after refusing to "receive" permission to fly through Syria.