Special Report: Are Turkey, ISIS Close Allies?

New video clips showed militants affiliated with ISIS fighting alongside the Turkish army in Idlib, northwestern Syria, in the latest sign of Turkey's exploitation of terrorist organizations, according to a special report published by Dubai-based Sky News Arabia.

The gunmen, whose cloth had ISIS mottos, appeared parading in front of the dead body of a Syrian soldier.

Many reports confirmed that Ankara relied on terrorist-classified organizations for its military operations and provided air and ground support.

According to observers, the form of direct fusion between ISIS and the Turkish army takes many forms, whether it is in the form of mercenaries in Libya, or the extremists dress the Turkish military uniform and fight under the cover of artillery and attacking drones, and move in the mechanisms that Ankara sent to reinforce its points and military operation in Syrian Idlib.

These scenes may explain the reason behind the direct and strongly worded statement from the Russian Defense Ministry, on Wednesday, one day before an upcoming meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on Thursday.

Moscow has openly accused Turkey of violating international law and of merging the points of concentration of its soldiers in Idlib with the fortified areas of terrorist-classified organizations, namely, Hayet Liberation of Al-Sham known as (HTS), the Turkestan Party, and the Guardians of Religion…etc. 

These organizations have become the pillar of the Turkish army in any ground attack in Syria. They have committed war crimes in all areas where they fought with the Turkish army; against the Kurds as they carried out field executions.

The most dangerous thing is the realization of international fears that the spirit and the likes of ISIS are being poured into the hands of the Turkish army, which has dispelled years of painstaking international efforts to eliminate the most dangerous terrorist organizations in modern history.

Several facts confirmed the existence of relations between Turkey and the ISIS terrorist organization for many years, despite Ankara's public denial of this relationship.

Last November, the US Treasury said that there are entities and people who finance ISIS in Turkey and provide the terrorist organization with logistical support.