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Although last year the Turkish government repeatedly denied it was involved in the illegal oil trade with Daesh, turns out it was all lies, as up until recently Turkey continued to buy illegal oil from Daesh militants, according to locals living near one of the Syrian oil fields, RT reported.

Last December, the Russian Defense Ministry provided satellite images showing oil being smuggled from Daesh-controlled oil fields in Syria to Turkey. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan rejected the allegations, claiming Turkey wasn't involved in financing terrorist activities.

However, residents of the Syrian town of Shaddadi near the Jabisah oil field in the Hasakah province told otherwise. They said that up until February when Daesh still controlled the oil field, the jihadists continued to send oil to Raqqa and then ship it to Turkey using the Tell Abyad checkpoint on the Turkish-Syrian border.


"Then they sold it [oil] to Turkey in exchange for dollars and weapons," Hussein said, as cited by RT.