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“Turkey made strategic mistakes in fighting IS”

Politics Materials 25 November 2015 13:08 (UTC +04:00)

Tehran, Iran, November 25

By Mehdi Sepahvand -- Trend:

Turkey has made some strategic mistakes against the IS terrorist group (aka ISIS, ISIL or Daesh) for defending it on one side and taking part in the anti-IS coalition on the other side, spokesman of the Iranian Front of Followers of the Line of the Imam and the Leader rightwing party Kamal Sajjadi said, referring to the downing of a Russian fighter by Turkey on November 24.

Russia and Iran are more clear in their stance against the IS as they are accompanied by Syria itself and Iraq, while Turkey is confident in support from NATO and other allies such as the US and Saudi Arabia, Sajjadi told Trend November 25.

On November 24, Turkey downed a Russian fighter inside the Turkish airspace. Although Turkish defense hit the Russian fighter after numerous warnings, an act that is in compliance with international norms, the mere fact of destroying the fighter which Russia claims was going to bombard terrorist in Syria raised some critics against Turkey.

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