Posted on 02/16/2016 9:41:31 AM PST by Trumpinator
Russia claims Turkey supplies ISIL via Syrian town of Azaz
February 16, 2016, Tuesday/ 17:06:29/ REUTERS | MOSCOW
Turkey has vowed it will not let the Syrian town of Azaz fall into the hands of Kurdish forces because it lies on a supply route used by Ankara to support Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
Turkey accused Russia on Monday of an "obvious war crime" after missile attacks in northern Syria killed scores of people, and warned the People's Protection Units (YPG) militia it would face the "harshest reaction" if it tried to capture Azaz near the Turkish border.
"Some of our partners have literally implored us 'not to touch' a corridor which is a bit shorter than 100 kilometers on the Syrian-Turkish border around Azaz," Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in official comments, mentioning Washington and its allies also operating in Syria.
"Obviously, this is aimed at ensuring continued daily supplies to Islamic State [ISIL], Jabhat al-Nusra and other terrorist groups with weapons, ammunition and food from Turkey via this area, and also to allow it to serve as a passageway for terrorists," she said.
Earlier on Tuesday the Kremlin strongly rejected accusations by Turkey that Russian bombs hit several medical facilities and schools in northern Syria, saying they were unfounded.
whoa...pass the popcorn
Turks better watch out. Putin doesn’t play whack-a-mole. He takes a giant sledgehammer and flattens the whole whack-a-mole game.
What is Turkey going to do, violate the border? Did they forget setting a certain precedent? Let the big dog eat.
I'm surprised there's anything left there.
Turkey thinks it thier right to shoot down a Russian plane that may had violated its airspace for a few seconds...
And Turkey thinks its their right to militarily control a city a 100 miles into Syria.
they don't have the means to enforce that "right".
They are now shelling the area from Turkey. There is no way they'll keep shelling when the Russians occupy the air base outside town.
And, if they send tanks across the border to seize the area before the joint Syrian-Russian advance, their equipment will be destroyed from the air. Quickly.
If they send aircraft across the border to protect their ground forces, they will be shot down.
Stuffing, baking and eating Turkey would be the right thing to do.
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