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Turkey buying oil from Daesh: Israel

Tuesday, 26 January 2016 6:31 PM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 26 January 2016 6:36 PM ]

This undated photo shows Daesh terrorists refining oil to produce gasoline and diesel in the Syrian city of Raqqah.

The Israeli regime, which is itself believed to be supporting militants in the region, says Turkey has been providing money to the Daesh Takfiri militants operating in Syria and Iraq through oil trade with them.

"As you know, Daesh enjoyed Turkish money for oil for a very, very long period of time," Israeli minister for military affairs Moshe Yaalon told reporters in the Greek capital of Athens on Tuesday.

Israeli Minister for Military Affairs Moshe Yaalon (Reuters photo)

The comments come as last December, Russia released photos showing columns of tanker trucks purportedly loading oil at Daesh-controlled installations in Syria and Iraq before entering neighboring Turkey.

Ankara has denied permitting oil smuggling by Daesh terrorists that control parts of Syria and Iraq.

Elsewhere in his comments, Yaalon said Turkey had allowed militants “to move from Europe to Syria and Iraq and back, as part of Daesh's terrorist network.”

This is while, according to numerous reports, the Tel Aviv regime has also itself been supporting the militants fighting the government of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad.

Israel has set up hospitals near the border with Syria to treat the injured militants coming in from the battlefield there. Locals in the occupied Golan Heights also intercepted Israeli vehicles transporting injured militants on the road between al-Sheikh Mountain and the village of Majdal Sham.

Sources recently said that Israel and Turkey reached a preliminary agreement to normalize ties following a 2010 incident during which Israeli forces stormed the Turkish aid ship Mavi Marmara, as it was on its way to deliver aid to Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip, killing several activists.

In early January, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Ankara and Tel Aviv must improve their relations, noting, "Israel is in need of a country like Turkey in the region. And we too must accept that we need Israel. This is a reality in the region.”

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