MESOP TURKEY: RUSSIA TRYING TO DIVERT FROM ITS WAR CRIMES

By Scott Lucas – eaworldview – 5 Feb 2016 Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu’s office has alleged that Russia is trying to cover up its war crimes in Syria by suggesting that Turkey is preparing a military invasion.A Turkish official said: The Russians are trying to hide their crimes in Syria. They are simply diverting attention from their attacks on civilians as a country already invading Syria. Turkey has all the rights to take any measures to protect its own security.

A Russian defence ministry spokesman said on Thursday that Moscow had good suspect to suspect Turkey is preparing to send ground forces across the border into northern Syria. The latest allegations come amid both a regime-Russian-Hezbollah-Iranian offensive in northern Aleppo Province, and advances by Kurdish forces in other areas of northern Syria.