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UN warns Turkey over possible war crimes in Syria

Rupert Colville, spokesman for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Rupert Colville, spokesman for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Source: Getty

The United Nations is warning that reports of execution-style killings of Kurdish civilians, committed by pro-Turkish forces, could amount to a war crime.


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By Biwa Kwan

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The United Nations is warning that reports of execution-style killings of Kurdish civilians, committed by pro-Turkish forces, could amount to a war crime.



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