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US Sees Volume of Oil Smuggled From Daesh to Turkey ‘Not Significant’

© AP Photo / Kevin FrayerTurkey is complicit in funding the Islamic State militant group through purchase on the territory of Turkey of crude oil stolen from fields captured by ISIL
Turkey is complicit in funding the Islamic State militant group through purchase on the territory of Turkey of crude oil stolen from fields captured by ISIL - Sputnik International
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According to a US official, Washington does not see that there is much smuggling going on from Daesh territory into Turkey.

An undated still image taken from a video made available by the Russian Defence Ministry in Moscow, Russia December 2, 2015, shows the Turkish-Syrian border crossing. Russia's defence ministry officials displayed satellite images on Wednesday which they said showed columns of tanker trucks loading with oil at installations controlled by Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, and then crossing the border into neighbouring Turkey - Sputnik International
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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The Obama administration tried to deny or play or down on Tuesday the massive amount of sanctions-busting smuggling of oil exports through Turkey by Daesh, a US official said.

"We do not think there is much smuggling going on from ISIL [Islamic State, Daesh] territory into Turkey," the US official told reporters. "They are not significant from a volume metric perspective, neither for revenue nor volume of quantity of oil."

Reports have documented as many as10,000 Daesh trucks have regularly been crossing the Syrian borders into Turkey carrying oil cargoes.

© Photo : Russian Defence MinistryAn undated still image taken from a video made available by the Russian Defense Ministry in Moscow, Russia December 2, 2015, shows the Turkish-Syrian border crossing. Russia's Defense Ministry officials displayed satellite images on Wednesday which they said showed columns of tanker trucks loading with oil at installations controlled by Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, and then crossing the border into neighboring Turkey.
An undated still image taken from a video made available by the Russian Defense Ministry in Moscow, Russia December 2, 2015, shows the Turkish-Syrian border crossing. Russia's Defense Ministry officials displayed satellite images on Wednesday which they said showed columns of tanker trucks loading with oil at installations controlled by Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, and then crossing the border into neighboring Turkey. - Sputnik International
An undated still image taken from a video made available by the Russian Defense Ministry in Moscow, Russia December 2, 2015, shows the Turkish-Syrian border crossing. Russia's Defense Ministry officials displayed satellite images on Wednesday which they said showed columns of tanker trucks loading with oil at installations controlled by Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, and then crossing the border into neighboring Turkey.

Daesh, is a terrorist organization outlawed in Russia.

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