air corridor
Britishnoun
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The major air corridor over the Euphrates Valley in Iraq was empty.
From Barron's ● Mar. 2, 2026
When the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain established relations with Israel in 2020, Riyadh signalled its assent by providing a Saudi air corridor for Israeli planes headed to those Gulf states.
From Reuters ● Jul. 7, 2022
The world’s most recent no-fly zone came in 2011, when the Security Council established a protected air corridor over Libya amid that country’s civil war.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 24, 2022
The Turkish defense minister, Hulusi Akar, demanded to speak to his Russian counterpart to arrange an air corridor for evacuations, Mr. Cavusoglu said.
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2022
The evidence suggests that MH-17 or one of three other passenger airliners in the air corridor at that time was targeted deliberately.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2018
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