SYRIAN Deputy Foreign Minister Bashar Jaafari claimed that the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s son was involved in stealing the country’s oil and colluding with Isis on Thursday.

Mr Jaafari also said that the Turkish state and intelligence services had been sending weapons to jihadist groups including al-Nusra via the shady Sadat private security company, whose founder Adnan Tanriverdi is an adviser to Mr Erdogan.

The Syrian official was confirming allegations made by Turkish mafia boss Sedat Peker, whose weekly YouTube videos have gripped the nation as he reveals dark secrets about the country’s leading politicians.