The Turkish General Staff, in a strongly worded statement, has once again rejected claims that U.S. military officials have visited the Diyarbakir Air Base.

Recent Turkish press reports suggest that a group of twenty U.S. army officials had flown from Ankara in a Turkish military plane on an inspection tour of the Diyarbakir Air Base.

The objective of the alleged visit was to discuss possible U.S. – Turkish military cooperation regarding the worsening Syrian conflict.

Turkish news reports claimed that when the U.S. team arrived, a Turkish military plane flew a reconnaissance mission over the Syrian border.