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U.N. report: Russia, Turkey have committed war crimes in Syria

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U.N. report: Russia, Turkey have committed war crimes in Syria

United Nations investigators say Russia killed civilians in air strikes which could amount to war crimes.

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Russian bombs are reducing Idlib province to rubble, block by block.

3/2/20
United Nations investigators said in a new report Monday they have collected evidence that indicates Russian and Turkish forces may have committed war crimes in Syria's heavily contested northwest. The report from the U.N. Commission of Inquiry on Syria cited Russian airstrikes in recent months and said Turkish troops killed civilians in Kurdish areas in Idlib province between last July and now. Idlib has seen substantial fighting in recent months, as the Syrian government is seeking to regain the last rebel-held part of the nation. Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have carried out aerial and ground attacks in southern Idlib which have killed and injured scores of civilians and decimated civilian infrastructure, including markets, camps for displaced persons and hospitals, Monday's report said. Monday's report said the most serious violations amount to war crimes.

Inquiry chairman Paulo Sergio Pinheiro said witness testimony, video footage and other evidence has confirmed Russian aircraft were involved in two such incidents. In the first, last July 22, airstrikes at a market and surrounding homes in a densely populated area in Ma'arrat al-Nu'man killed more than 43 civilians and injured more than 100. Witnesses told investigators there were no military targets in the area. The second occurred last August 16, the report said, and included airstrikes on a compound for displaced civilians in southern Idlib that killed 20 civilians. "In both incidents, the Russian Air Force did not direct the attacks at a specific military objective, amounting to the war crime of launching indiscriminate attacks in civilian areas," the report said. The U.N. inquiry said Syrian rebel group Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham was also involved in war crimes, killing civilians in Idlib and using child soldiers. The group, considered a terror group by both Syria and the United Nations, has received Turkish support in its battle against pro-Assad forced in Idlib.
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Kudos to the UN for actually coming out and identifying Russia by name. For years now, Syrian and Russian jets have been decimating urban civilian areas in Syria with illegal cluster and incendiary munitions. Syria also uses its helicopters to drop "barrel bombs" filled with metal shards or chlorine on civilians below.

Two days after Donald Trump gave Erdogan the greenlight to invade the northern Syria homeland of Syrian Kurds (Rojava), the Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham militia allied with Turkey raped and murdered Kurdish female politician Hevrin Khalaf as she was traveling between Kurdish towns. This Turkish allied Sunni militia executed ~500 Kurds in a murderous spree lasting a week in October, 2019.

Related: Russia May Have Committed War Crimes in Syria – U.N.
 
This report from the UN tells us two things.

Russia and Syria could not possibly care any less about what the UN says, and the UN itself is a worthless organization of squabbling bureaucrats powerless to do a damn thing about Russia and Syria but write up a report.
 
OrphanSlug said:
This report from the UN tells us two things.

Russia and Syria could not possibly care any less about what the UN says, and the UN itself is a worthless organization of squabbling bureaucrats powerless to do a damn thing about Russia and Syria but write up a report.
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I'n not a fan of the UN by any means, but what would you suggest the UN do?
 
DLR_Turkish said:
She was not a politician, she was a PKK member, which is a terror organization recognized by many countries.
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Hevrin Khalaf (Kurdish: Hevrîn Xelef‎, also Khelef; 15 November 1984 – 12 October 2019) was a Kurdish-Syrian politician and civil engineer. Khalaf served as the Secretary General of the Future Syria Party after working for many years in Rojava.
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Wikipedia - Hevrin Khalaf

Next time, do your own homework.
 
Rogue Valley said:
Wikipedia - Hevrin Khalaf

Next time, do your own homework.
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This is like calling Bin Laden or Baghdadi as "politician". You guys want 2x2 to be 3 while you buy and want it to be 5 while you sell. You should learn to face with facts. The person is a member of PYD the Syrian arm of PKK, which is recognized as "terror organization" by US and other countries. So she was a terrorist. It also makes you a terrorist since you are trying to justify a terrorist here.
 
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Muscovite ("russian") horde killed 33 Turkish troops in air strike in Idlib and still 0 reaction from turks , Erdogan is a coward, he likes more to make dirty deals with vovka putler and his gang
 
Litwin said:
Muscovite ("russian") horde killed 33 Turkish troops in air strike in Idlib and still 0 reaction from turks , Erdogan is a coward, he likes more to make dirty deals with vovka putler and his gang
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You realize the Turks have been shelling the Syrians for the past few days now right?
 
DLR_Turkish said:
So she was a terrorist. It also makes you a terrorist since you are trying to justify a terrorist here.
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Erdogan is the terrorist and dictator. Him and his Islamist AK party.

They tried to steal the Ankara election.
 
Bum said:
A strongly worded letter?
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The report was published internationally. That speaks volumes.

Amazing it was released at all since Russia has a permanent UNSC veto.
 
Rogue Valley said:
The report was published internationally. That speaks volumes.

Amazing it was released at all since Russia has a permanent UNSC veto.
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Perhaps an indication of how little Russia is concerned or cares about the allegations?
 
Jredbaron96 said:
The Golden Horde ceased to exist centuries ago.
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really, and rf does not have Mongolian despotic form of governance today , and vovka putler is not a great khan ?

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Bum said:
Perhaps an indication of how little Russia is concerned or cares about the allegations?
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Putin doesn't care a whit about international law or the Geneva Conventions.

His air force has been bombing populated cities, systematically destroying hospitals and clinics, and using banned cluster and incendiary munitions in Syria since 2015.
 
Fledermaus said:
Tsar =/= Khan

Please stop being historically ignorant.
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i posted already , Tsar title was used by Muscovites for the great khans and his kin , i posted academic links many times if you dont know the history
"Batu Khan (c. 1205–1255),[note 1] also known as Sain Khan (Mongolian: Good Khan) and Tsar Batu". was a Mongol ruler and founder of the Golden Horde, a division of the Mongol Empire. Batu was a son of Jochi and grandson of Genghis Khan. His ulus was the chief state of the Golden Horde,...
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Jack Weatherford Genghis Khan, p. 150.

Batu Khan - Wikipedia
 
Litwin said:
i posted already , Tsar title was used by Muscovites for the great khans and his kin , i posted academic links many times if you dont know the history
Jack Weatherford Genghis Khan, p. 150.

Batu Khan - Wikipedia
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Tsar comes from Byzantine Caesar. Not from the Mongol Khan.

Please continue to fail.
 
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