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Turkey eksporterer terrorister forbundet med IS til Europa, ifølge Jordans Kong Abdullah.

Monarkens bemærkninger kom ved et møde med medlemmer af den amerikanske kongress, i hvilken han sagde at Islamiske militante blev "lavet i Tyrkiet" og "sluppet løs" ind i Europa.

Han brugte også debriefingen, som blev holdt efter et aflyst møde med den amerikanske Præsident Barack Obama, til at minde amerikanske politikere om Tyrkiets angivelige meddelagtighed i købet af olie fra IS

"Det faktum at terrorister går til Europa er en del af Tyrkiets politik," sagde Kong Abdullah. "Tyrkiet fortsætter med blot at få et rap over fingrene, men slipper af krogen."

Kong Abdullah sagde i sin argumentation at den autokratiske tyrkiske Præsident Tayyip Erdoğan tror på "radikal islamisk løsning til regionen".


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"Turkey sought a religious solution to Syria, while we are looking at moderate elements in the south and Jordan pushed for a third option that would not allow a religious option."

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The meeting was held on 11 January, but details of the King's opinions have only just been leaked by Middle East Eye.

Although Turkey and Jordan are officially allies, the refugee crisis has heightened tensions between the two nations. King Abdullah is understood to have been angered by the EU's generous offer of cash and diplomatic ties in return for Turkey limiting the onward flow of refugees into the continent.

At roughly 75 million, Turkey's population is over ten times that of Jordan's, meaning the Arab nation is hosting a proportionately greater number of refugees.

Speaking to politicians including John McCain and Paul Ryan, King Abdullah also claimed that Jordanian special forces with "some balls" were involved in covert operations in Syria.

Though the presence of Jordanian soldiers could not be confirmed, the nation has certainly been involved in training opposition fighters, espionage, providing weapons and ammunition and a limited number of air strikes.

But if their role in the conflict increases, they are likely to come into further friction with other key players in the region, particularly Turkey and Russia. In his debriefing with the American politicians, the Jordanian monarch described a tense stand-off between Turkish, Israeli and Russian war planes.