"They are changing logistics and laying new routes for crude oil smuggling to avoid Russian air strikes," he said.
The route is running from the province of Deir-ez-Zor controlled by the Islamic State terrorist organization through the border settlements of Guna and Tell-Sfuk in Syria towards the communities of Mosul and Zaho in Iraq, he added.
Convoys of auto trucks follow the shortest route towards the Syrian-Iraqi border, which they cross in the area of the settlement of Tell-Sfuk, he said, adding that Turkey remains the final destination point of oil smuggling.
Oil is smuggled into Turkey through the checkpoint in the area of Zaho, the chief of the Russian General Staff Main Operations Department said.
This route partially coincides with the so-called eastern route, he added.
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