Syrian Information Minister Omran az-Zoubi said Turkish government headed by Recep Tayyip Erdogan by all means contributed to incursion of armed gangs to Armenian-populated Kessab of Latakia province.

Thus, Turkey violated international commitments provided in particular by UN Security Council resolution 1373.

In an interview with Syrian stat-run television, the Minister noted that hostile actions of Erdogan government in the border area between Syria and Turkey, in Kessab and other regions, prove Turkey's involvement in supporting terror, not only in Syria, but in Libya, Tunisia and Egypt.

Omran az-Zoubi said the militants fighting in Latakia are not Syrians, but international terrorist groups, including Saudi, Afghans and Libyans.