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3 health workers killed in northern Syria, Turkish-backed militia blamed
[Rudaw] A Ottoman Turkish-backed Syrian militia is accused of killing three medical workers in northern Syria, as evidence accumulates of possible war crimes committed by the gangs during their campaign against Kurdish forces.

The Kurdish Red Islamic Thingy has confirmed that three of their paramedics, who had disappeared on October 13 near Suluk, southeast of the border town Gire Spi (Tel Abyad), are dead. "Their bodies were found dumped in the sewer. Reports indicate that Ottoman Turkish-backed Ahrar al-Sharqiya was responsible for what is widely regarded as a ’field execution’ targeting health workers," reported the Rojava Information Centre on Saturday morning.

The three paramedics have been identified as Media Bouzan, Hafin Khalil Ibrahim, and Mohammed Bouzan Sidi.

The Ottoman Turkish army is using Syrian militia groups as their boots on the ground, but these men, who often film their own violations, have been accused of multiple atrocities that American officials admit could constitute war crimes and for which The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
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 would be culpable.

Turkey's presidential spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin has said they "will investigate alleged war crimes," but reiterated Ankara's stance that the Kurdish forces are a terror organization.

The Kurdish Red Islamic Thingy (KRC), which is the primary medical aid agency on the ground after international organizations pulled their staff out of northern Syria a week after the crisis began citing insecurity, says four of their staff have been killed and five injured, "all of whom are targeted directly."

The fourth health worker killed was paramedic Hail al-Saleh who died on October 17 of wounds sustained in shelling of a medical point near Sari Kani three days earlier.

"Targeting health personnel and centers according to the international humanitarian law is a war crime, and the criminal must be punished," the KRC said in a statement Friday evening.

The KRC has documented multiple attacks on or near health facilities, hospitals, trauma stations, and ambulances.

Parts of the main east-west highway across northern Syria, the M4, have been closed because of the military operation. "As a result, aid transportation is being done through alternate routes, however these do not allow for the same volume of supplies to be transported given the condition of the roads," the United Nations
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’ humanitarian affairs office (OCHA) said in its most recent update, as of October 24.

Turkey’s Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said on Saturday morning that the Kurdish withdrawal is "going as planned."
Posted by: trailing wife 2019-10-27
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