Turkey threatens Russia over bid to OBLITERATE sick Islamic State terrorists

RUSSIA and Turkey are in deadlock after the latter threatened Moscow with “serious consequences” if it continues its bomb assault on Syria.

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Russia and Turkey are in deadlock after Moscow's latest round of airstrikes

Officials in the capital Ankara warned Russia to “immediately end its operation” after war planes hit Syrian ground “very close” to the Turkish border.

Turkey sees the Turkmen population that inhabits villages near the border as natural allies in the struggle against President Assad’s brutal regime.

Ahmet Davutoglu, the Turkish prime minister, said that "if civilians fleeing massacre and cluster bombs head to Turkey, and a new refugee influx emerges, everyone concerned will be held accountable."

The Russian ambassador Andrey Karlov was called in for crisis talks as tensions between the two sides escalate over their different of opinion on the Syrian conflict.

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Russia have dropped more bombs on Syria

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Turkey says the bombs are dropping too close to its border with Syria

Russia: Air strikes destroy 237 militant targets in Syria – MoD spokesperson

The Kremlin insists its air strikes are only targeting the abhorrent Islamic State jihadis, but Turkey and its allies claim Putin’s forces are mainly hitting anti-Assad rebels.

A staggering 2.2 million refugees are already holed up in Turkey after fleeing the barbarous cvil war in Syria.

This comes after Russia blitzed ISIS extremists in Syria, wiping out 600 militants with a single airstrike.

Ahmet DavutogluGETTY

Turkish prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu has sent a warning to Moscow

It comes amid confusion over whether Russia will send in boots on the ground, with the Kremlin today saying they will not launch a full-scale ground war for the time being.

But they refused to rule out such action in future amid reports that Putin is preparing to send in 150,000 troops to end the reign of evil ISIS once and for all.

Moscow is also planning a three-day naval exercise in the Mediterranean and has reportedly warned Lebanon that its airspace will be affected by the manoeuvre.

Meanwhile, Russia has said ISIS was so overwhelmed with casualties in the attacks it is having to crudely hide dead bodies at night.

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