Selling arms to Turkey is illegal as it backs jihadist groups in Syria and practices torture in its prisons, a British parliamentarian wrote in an opinion piece for Newsweek. “Does arming repressive nations that use jihadis to fight proxy wars uphold the values of this government? Perhaps it does,” wrote Lloyd Russell-Moyle, a member of parliament for the opposition Labour Party. “These are exactly the markets that our system says it is illegal for UK arms manufacturers and brokers to sell to. “Arming Turkey presents the same problems as arming Saudi Arabia.

Source: GNN Liberia February 06, 2018 09:13 UTC