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SYRIA’s Democratic Union Party (PYD) is among 13 Kurdish groups who have written to the United Nations alleging that Turkey is committing war crimes in Afrin.
The letter demands UN intervention to stop the assault by Nato’s second largest army and for it to facilitate the return of the 170,000 people forced to flee since Operation Olive Branch started in January.
Afrin’s Health Council alleged that Turkey used chemical weapons in February and the Kurdish organisations warned of a “human tragedy of great dimensions” unfolding in the city.
VIJAY PRASHAD details how US support for Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa allowed him to break the resistance of the autonomous Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)
ANSELM ELDERGILL draws attention to a legal case on Tuesday in which a human rights group is challenging the government’s decision to allow the sale of weapons used against Palestinians
