Spain closes off its airspace to US planes involved in the Iran war
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Spain has closed its airspace to U.S. planes involved in the Iran war after earlier saying the U.S. couldn't use jointly operated military bases there for operations related to the conflict.

Spain has closed its airspace to U.S. planes involved in the Iran war, Defense Minister Margarita Robles said Monday, marking another step in the country’s opposition to the U.S. and Israel’s conflict in the Middle East.

Spain had already said the U.S. could not use jointly operated military bases in the Iran conflict, which Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has described as illegal, reckless and unjust.

Defense Minister Robles said Monday the same logic applied to the use of Spanish airspace in the conflict.

      • elucubra@sopuli.xyz
        3·
        20 hours ago

        The whole Catalonia thing is very complex, but catalán politicians waving the flag to manipulate the population plays a major part.

        Right now the support for independence is at around 32%.

        Doing a Brexit (Catalexit?)is throughly idiotic on a simple majority basis.

        • Soggy@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          9 hours ago

          Weird how every time the region tries to be more autonomous they’re violently opposed by right-wing authoritarians and that has short-term impacts on morale.