Those helping the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad are committing war crimes, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said on Thursday.
"The root cause of this problem is the war crimes committed by the Syrian regime, and the war crimes committed by Daesh," Davutoglu told a news conference on the sidelines of a fund-raising conference in London.
"Those who are helping the Assad regime are committing the same war crimes. I am especially saying this today because Aleppo is under heavy attack by Russian airplanes."
He called on the world to stand against the crimes against humanity.
He said that the humanitarian aid corridor between Turkey and Aleppo was closed due to Russian airstrikes.
Around 10,000 civilians fleeing the Russian attack in Aleppo are currently waiting at the Turkish border in Kilis, Davutoğlu said, noting that around 60-70,000 people in camps located in northern Aleppo are headed towards Turkey.
“Russia and Assad regime continue to kill civilians," said Davutoğlu adding that all conferences and meetings are meaningless as long as Russia continues its killing operation.
“The international community requested us to convince the Syrian opposition to join the Vienna talks. We convinced them to sit the table, but what is the result?" Turkish primer said.
He stressed on declaring ceasefire for getting output from talks between groups in Syria.
Davutoğlu calls on US to take a more decisive stance against Russia over its intervention in Syria.
He said Turkey is hosting more than 2.5 million Syrian refugees and spending millions of dollars on them. “But Turkey will continue to help oppressed people," he vowed.
Despite a 10.4 percent unemployment rate, Turkey allows Syrians to work in many sectors, Davutoğlu said. Turkey sees the incidents in a humanistic manner, he continued, “and to do more for Syrians is our humanitarian duty."
