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Erdogan should be prosecuted over Syrian offensive: ex-U.N. investigator del Ponte
ZURICH (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan should be investigated and...
Del Ponte, a former member of the U.N. Commission of Inquiry on Syria, said Turkey’s intervention had broken international law and had reignited the conflict in Syria.
- Reuters
Ankara says its incursion – launched after U.S. troops withdrew from the Syrian-Turkish border area – solely targeted the Kurdish YPG militia, which it regards as terrorists linked to Kurdish insurgents operating in…
“For Erdogan to be able to invade Syrian territory to destroy the Kurds is unbelievable,” said del Ponte, a…