But according to a Human Rights Watch report, this never happened. Turkey’s proxy forces are not alone in committing alleged war crimes in Syria. Bashar al-Assad, Syria’s president, has frequently been accused of war crimes through illegal use of chemical weapons. Donald Trump and other western leaders have also faced war crimes controversies, for example over airstrikes in Raqqa and Mosul during coalition operations against Islamic State. The international criminal court, which has lead responsibility for investigating war crimes, lacks authority and is not officially recognised by the US, Russia, Turkey or Syria.

Source: The Guardian October 14, 2019 03:56 UTC