Turkish PM: Russia Attempting ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ in Northern Syria

The advanced notice on the cruise missiles was “an additional measure of safety”, said Cook. “We now see that these are new, modern and highly effective high-precision weapons that can be equipped either with conventional or special nuclear warheads”.

Russian Federation has rejected a USA claim that its warplanes have struck a Syrian military camp and pointed the finger at the U.S.-led coalition.

Syria’s state-run news agency says four people have been killed and 21 were wounded by rebel mortar shelling of residential areas in the city of Aleppo.

Turkey says it is training the fighters to take on Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil), but Baghdad fears that it is effectively supporting a partitioning of the country, and preparing for a future clash with Iranian-backed Shia militias loyal to the central government.

A USA defense official confirmed Russian Federation had notified Israel and the US of the airstrikes in advance.

Davutoglu said Russian bombing around Azaz, also in northwest Syria, was created to cut supply lines to Syrian groups opposed to Assad, Moscow’s ally, and ultimately to benefit Islamic State militants.

He repeated his earlier accusations that Turkey has ties with terrorist groups in Syria and Iraq, and promised more sanctions on Turkey over downing of the Russian jet.

Then there are its advanced surface-to-surface and surface-to-air missile systems that began turning up last month, after Turkey shot down a Russian jet that it said violated Turkish airspace.

Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu has delivered the black box to the Kremlin, but was told by Mr Putin not to allow it to be opened until worldwide experts were available to examine it in the hope they will confirm Moscow’s version of events.

Putin ordered the flight recorder to be studied in the presence of foreign experts, adding that the data will show the plane’s flight path.

Relations between Moscow and London have been tense for years.

Designer Yekaterina Dobryakova told the Moscow-based broadcaster Russian News Service on December 9 that production of the T-shirts had been stalled because trucks carrying imported Turkish cloth were stuck at the border. He added that Russian Federation wants to protect its bases and strongholds of the Syrian government.

He said: “What did 20th-century countries used to do in a similar situation?”

Russians cannot go on package holidays – the top foreign destination for Russian tourists.

“If you run the numbers, it’s about maybe 30 percent are actually attacking (IS) and the rest of the air strikes are attacking other opposition groups that are not affiliated”.