(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) The United States on Wednesday flatly rejected Russian claims that the Turkish government was in league with ISIS group to smuggle oil from Syria.
State Department spokesman Mark Toner told a news briefing that US information was that ISIS was selling oil at the wellheads to middlemen. "We reject outright the premise that the Turkish government is in league with ISIS to smuggle oil across its borders," Toner said, adding "We frankly see no evidence, none, to support such an accusation."
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