Russian Defense Ministry has presented photos of oil delivery convoys at Syria-Turkey border. (SP)
The general staff has irrefutable evidence on Turkey's involvement in illegal oil trade.
The oil from Daesh-controlled areas in Syria is being shipped to third countries for processing after having been transported to Turkey, the General Staff noted.
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Turkey’s leadership, including President Erdogan and his family,
is involved in illegal oil trade with Islamic State militants, says the
Russian Defense Ministry, stressing that Turkey is the final
destination for oil smuggled from Syria and Iraq.
According to Deputy Minister Anatoly Antonov, Russia is aware of three main oil smuggling routes to Turkey.
“According to our data, the top political leadership of the country - President Erdogan and his family – is involved in this criminal business.”
However, since the start of Russia’s anti-terrorist operation in Syria on September 30, the income of Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) militants from illegal oil smuggling has been significantly reduced, the ministry said.
“The income of this terrorist organization was about $3 million per day. After two months of Russian airstrikes their income was about $1.5 million a day,” Lieutenant-General Sergey Rudskoy said.
The ministry provided photographs of columns of oil fuel tankers
on the Turkish-Syrian border. Fuel tankers with oil freely cross the
border between Turkey and Iraq, according to Russia's General Staff.“Today, we are presenting only some of the facts that confirm that a whole team of bandits and Turkish elites stealing oil from their neighbors is operating in the region,” Antonov said, adding that this oil “in large quantities” enters the territory of Turkey via “live oil pipelines,” consisting of thousands of oil trucks.Antonov added that Turkey is the main buyer of smuggled oil coming from Iraq and Syria.
“According to our data, the top political leadership of the country - President Erdogan and his family – is involved in this criminal business.”
However, since the start of Russia’s anti-terrorist operation in Syria on September 30, the income of Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) militants from illegal oil smuggling has been significantly reduced, the ministry said.
“The income of this terrorist organization was about $3 million per day. After two months of Russian airstrikes their income was about $1.5 million a day,” Lieutenant-General Sergey Rudskoy said.
The oil from Daesh-controlled areas in Syria is being shipped to third countries for processing after having been transported to Turkey, the General Staff noted.
"We have identified three main oil routes," Rudskoy said.
@mod_russia: over last week, 2,000 terrorists have crossed from #turkey and joined #isis, al-qaeda in #syria
— Murad Gazdiev (@MuradoRT) December 2, 2015
Footage of vehicles moving freely through Syrian-Turkish border via @mod_russia
#Syria #Russia #Turkey #ISIS pic.twitter.com/fkhcuZR81T
— Ibrahim Joudeh (@Ibra_Joudeh) December 2, 2015
@mod_russia: illegal oil revenues funding terrorists in #syria. Revenues reach $2 billion a year
— Murad Gazdiev (@MuradoRT) December 2, 2015
@mod_russia: turkish president Erdogan, family members and elites "in" on illicit oil trade with #isis
— Murad Gazdiev (@MuradoRT) December 2, 2015
@mod_russia promises hard facts linking Turkey govt, elites to #isis oil
— Murad Gazdiev (@MuradoRT) December 2, 2015
@mod_russia: over 2 months @ruaf has hit 11 #isis oil refineries, 23 pumping stations and over 1000 tricks; halving oil sales
— Murad Gazdiev (@MuradoRT) December 2, 2015
@mod_russia: satellite pics show hundreds of oil trucks, trailers crossing #syria-#Turkey border at al-qaeda controlled checkpoint.
— Murad Gazdiev (@MuradoRT) December 2, 2015
@mod_russia: every day an oil tanker in #turkey is loaded with #syria oil smuggled out by terrorist groups pic.twitter.com/jSwTGykQF5
— Murad Gazdiev (@MuradoRT) December 2, 2015
@mod_russia: oil smuggling and trafficking to #turkey has drastically fallen since #ruaf began targeting #isis oil infrastructure
— Murad Gazdiev (@MuradoRT) December 2, 2015
@mod_russia: 3rd oil smuggling route is in north-east #syria, north #iraq. Hundreds of trucks spotted at border pic.twitter.com/cTi34n4Uzf
— Murad Gazdiev (@MuradoRT) December 2, 2015
mod_russia: #turkish president #erdogan would not resign if his face was smeared with stolen #syria oil
— Murad Gazdiev (@MuradoRT) December 2, 2015
@mod_russia: calls on journalists to use info, images to carry out investigations into #turkey-#isis dealings
— Murad Gazdiev (@MuradoRT) December 2, 2015
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