Israel also says Turkey is buying oil from ISIL

BBC:
Israel's defence minister has accused Turkey of buying oil from the so-called Islamic State group, thereby funding the militants' activities.

Speaking in Athens, Moshe Yaalon said IS had "enjoyed Turkish money for oil for a very, very long period of time".

Turkey denies permitting IS smuggling, and the US recently rejected Russian allegations that Turkish government officials were in league the militants.

IS has captured swathes of Syria and Iraq, including operational oil fields.

"It's up to Turkey, the Turkish government, the Turkish leadership, to decide whether they want to be part of any kind of cooperation to fight terrorism," Mr Yaalon told reporters after a meeting with his Greek counterpart.

"This is not the case so far. As you know, Daesh [Islamic State] enjoyed Turkish money for oil for a very, very long period of time. I hope that it will be ended."

Mr Yaalon also alleged that Turkey had "permitted jihadists to move from Europe to Syria and Iraq and back".

US state department officials last month rejected Russian allegations of Turkish government involvement but a state department spokesman said IS oil was being smuggled into Turkey via middlemen.
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It is not just the Russians and Israelis who have made statements about Turkey's purchases of oil from ISIL.  There were media reports about the sales before the governments started talking about it.  The other big purchaser is the Syrian government which is ostensibly at war with ISIL.  There are really no other likely buyers of this stolen oil.

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