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Russia Accuses Turkey of Preparing to Invade Syria

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February 4, 2016
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Turkish Army near the Syrian border last February. (Source: AFP Photo/Ilyas Akengin)
Turkish Army near the Syrian border last February. (Source: AFP Photo/Ilyas Akengin)

MOSCOW (The Associated Press) — The Russian military said Thursday that it has “reasonable grounds” to suspect that Turkey is making intensive preparations for a military invasion of neighboring Syria. There was no immediate comment from Turkey.
Images of a checkpoint on the border between the Turkish town of Reyhanli and the town of Sarmada in Syrian taken in late October and late January show a buildup of transportation infrastructure that could be used for moving in troops, ammunition and weapons, spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said in an English-language written statement.
He said these were among growing signs of “hidden preparation of the Turkish armed forces for active actions on the territory of Syria.
“Maybe, in peacetime, these facts would indicate the expectation of trade turnover growth between the neighboring countries,” Konashenkov said. “However, during wartime, in such a way the transport infrastructure is preparing on the eve of military intervention.”
Konashenkov’s accusations came a day after Russia accused Turkey of violating an international treaty by barring a previously arranged surveillance flight over Turkish territory adjacent to Syria and also over air bases used by NATO warplanes. The Treaty on Open Skies allows unarmed observation flights over the entire territory of its three dozen participants, which include the U.S., Russia and Turkey.
The Russian military regards this “as a dangerous precedent and an attempt to hide the illegal military activity near the Syrian border,” the spokesman said.
He said Russia has extensive intelligence sources in the Middle East, so if Turkey thinks that the prohibition of the observer flight will allow it to hide something, “it is unprofessional.”
Russia-Turkey ties have remained tense after a Turkish fighter jet downed a Russian warplane at the border with Syria in November.

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  1. TUYN says:
    6 years ago

    My friends history repeats it self and it is what it is , we just have to wait and see , some of us have rear row seats and some of us have front row seats , enjoy the drama as it folds . look at the sumgait massacres of our own people by the azeris history did repeat it self
    thank God we liberated our lands from the azeris .

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  2. GB says:
    6 years ago

    Turkey’s Islamist AKP party finally will go to war internally and externally against Kurdish and PKK army!

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