The Turkish authorities’ latest claims that the Russian air forces have allegedly been attacking civilian targets and populations in Syria have nothing in common with reality, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
"We consider Ankara's desire to unleash an anti-Russian campaign as an obvious reaction after our country exposed Turkey’s complicity in illegal activities in the north of Syria, including smuggling of oil from Daesh-controlled fields and various forms of assistance to extremist and terrorist groups," TASS cited the statement as saying.
"This populist move will fail to distract the world public’s attention from Turkey’s destructive policies in Syria," the Russian Foreign Ministry added.
