An RT Documentary crew filming in northern Syria released exclusive material that provides an insight into the oil trade links between the I...
An RT Documentary crew filming in northern Syria released exclusive material that provides an insight into the oil trade links between the Islamic State and Turkey, Thursday. SOT, RT journalist (Russian): "RT Documentary team arrived in north-eastern Syria to shoot a film about the Islamic State, which controls regions and oil. Most of our filming took place in the city of Al-Shaddadah, a city populated with about 10,000 people. Here you can see us walking around with the Kurdish fighters People's Defence Units. Ten days ago these houses were occupied with IS militants, they fled leaving all things, including important documents, which we have found in this room. YPG fighters did not understand what these documents were, they were bills on oil pumping. That is how much oil was pumped from certain wells in the day, how much to sell a barrel, how much it was sold in total." SOT, RT journalist (Russian): "But the most important proof came from an interview with one of the captives of the IS militants, he is Turkish." SOT, Mahmoud Qazi Tatar, captive militant of the Islamic State from Turkey (Turkish): "There is a trade, I know that for sure. In addition, they help Daesh with food and other necessary goods. Daesh is under embargo, it is not easy to get food. They are also being assisted with money, weapons and ammunition. This kind of help. And all this is done publicly." SOT, RT journalist (Russian): "We had an opportunity to talk with a representative of the Kurdish People's Defence Units, who showed us his collection of passports, which were taken from the corpses of militants of the Islamic State. They were from different nations, there were citizens of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Russia, Turkey, France, any country you want. And they had one thing in common, all of them had a Turkish entry stamp, the same thing in each passport. They came through Turkey and then illegally crossed Syrian border and joined the Islamic State." SOT, RT journalist (Russian): "Our team was really lucky because we were given an interview with three members of the IS, one of them was a local from Al-Shaddadah, the second one was from Saudi Arabia and the third one was a citizen of Turkey. Both foreigners arrived through Turkey, Istanbul ,and then they were illegally taken to Syria." SOT, Mohammed Ahmed, captive militant of the Islamic State from Saudi Arabia (Arabic): "I have come to Syria through Turkey, I arrived there on a plane, no visa was needed , it was very easy to get to Turkey, as well as travel throughout the country. I also passed through the Turkish and border crossings, and never had any difficulties. Also, Islamic State fighters have always got to Syria through Turkey. I mean, crossing the border, they have not seen any problems. We quietly moved on Turkish provinces. The Syrian areas where we were based, were full of Turkish goods and products. Perhaps it is traded on an ongoing basis, so no one has any questions." SOT, RT journalist (Russian): "The members of the ISIS fled before the Kurds came and left everything, including weapons, these documents and some of their personal belongings, even shoes. When we went from door to door, we found a shaved beard and scissors near a mirror, because they fled usually being dressed in civilian clothes in order not to be caught by the Kurds." SOT, RT journalist (Russian): "Many people talked about the connection with Turkey, the ISIS prisoner himself told us, that if they have not received weapons, people, food and if they have not had an opportunity to get into Turkey, for medical help or some rest, then the Islamic State would loose a big sponsor, a lot of support. Why does Turkey need all of this?" SOT, Mahmoud Qazi Tatar, captive militant of the Islamic State from Turkey (Turkish): "Turkey and Daesh have a common enemy - YPG. Turkey itself does not want to be a part of it, hit wants to get rid of its enemies using others. And so it allows refugees arriving from other countries to stay on its territory." Video ID: 20160324-009 Video on Demand: http://www.ruptly.tv Contact: cd@ruptly.tv Twitter: http://twitter.com/Ruptly Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Ruptly LiveLeak: http://www.liveleak.com/c/Ruptly Vine: https://vine.co/Ruptly Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/Ruptly YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/RuptlyTV DailyMotion: http://www.dailymotion.com/ruptly Less
