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Putin Orders Russian Troops To Seal Border Between Syria and Turkey
Post by U.S.Reporter
- Apr 18, 2016
Putin Orders Russian Troops To Seal Border Between Syria and Turkey
In a shocking move, Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russian troops inside Syria, to seal the Syrian border with Turkey. This is going to cause HUGE trouble.
Turkey has been profiting by allowing oil, stolen from Syria by ISIS terrorists, to be smuggled into Turkey via convoys of oil tanker trucks. Once the tankers arrive in Turkey, the oil is slightly refined, re-packaged to look legitimate, then sold cheap on the open market. This theft and smuggling nets ISIS about $100 Million per month, which funds its terror operations. Of course, Turkish officials get their palms greased as well, for allowing the smuggling to take place. Chief among those getting their beak wet is Turkish President Recypt Erdogan and his sons.
In addition to now cutting off ISIS money - and Turkey's illicit profits -- this border closure will stop the flow of weapons into Syria. Weapons supplied paid for by Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain and supplied to ISIS and Al Qaida inside Syria via Turkey, designed to overthrow the Syrian President Bashar Al Assad.
This move by Putin amounts to "check-mate" against the coalition that has been trying for four years to overthrow the government of Syria. That coalition includes the USA.
This totally unexpected move comes on the heels of a negotiated cease-fire which very much calmed fighting throughout Syria. But in that time of cease fire, vast quantities of weapons and ammunition were shipped into Syria from Turkey, and ISIS has now escalated its fighting, re-taking portions of Syria previously liberated by Syrian and Russian troops. Rather than fight such battles over again, Putin has ordered the border sealed.
This is a very dangerous situation now, because Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, the USA and UK (among others) have now been halted in their efforts to overthrow Syria's government. They now have three choices:
1) Try to run the border closing and get fired upon by Russian and Syrian troops, OR;
2) Engage in overt, open warfare to battle it out, OR;
3) Accept defeat.
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Kinda confirming the news
turkey's response
Hürriyet Daily News
LEADING NEWS SOURCE FOR TURKEY AND THE REGION
April 20 2016, Your time is 2:07:05 PM
Turkish PM responds to Obama, Putin over Syrian border remarks
ANKARA
Other countries’ statements about Turkey’s border with Syria “have no meaning,” Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has said, in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s call to U.S. President Barack Obama regarding the sealing of the Turkey-Syria border.
Speaking at a press conference before departing for Strasbourg, Davutoğlu said on April 18 that Obama and Putin talking about the Syrian-Turkish border – behind closed doors and in the absence of Turkey - was meaningless.
Turkey is the only authority “to decide on the final decision about its borders,” he said.
Putin and Obama talked on the phone early on April 18, during which Putin urged the closure of the border between Syria and Turkey where “supplies of arms for extremists” were making their way in, the Kremlin said in a written statement.
Russia and Turkey are on opposite sides of the more-than-five-year-long war in Syria. While Russia is one of the main supporters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Turkey and the U.S. oppose al-Assad staying in power.
Davutoğlu said Turkey’s borders have “only been open to migrants” over the course of the five years.
“Considering the migrants that Turkey is hosting, the world only owes a thank you to Turkey. It is nobody’s right to bring Turkey to account,” said Davutoğlu.
The Kremlin’s statement also said Obama and Putin agreed on the phone to strengthen a Syrian cease-fire brokered by their two nations.
“The leaders discussed in detail the situation in Syria, confirming in particular their intention to facilitate the strengthening of a Russian-U.S. initiated ceasefire in this country as well as access for humanitarian aid,” it said.
Putin also stressed the need for “moderate” rebels to distance themselves from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and jihadists of the al-Nusra Front.