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September 12, 2019

U.N. Investigators Say U.S.-Led Forces Committed War Crimes in Syria
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In Syria, Turkish officials are calling for an immediate ceasefire in
the northwestern province of Idlib, warning that a Syrian and Russian
assault on the country's last major opposition-held enclave could create
a catastrophe rivaling all others in the nearly eight-year conflict.
Turkey's call came as U.N. investigators said that U.S.-led forces may
have carried out war crimes in Syria. In a report released Wednesday,
the investigation found that during a U.S.-led assault on ISIS,
"international coalition forces failed to employ the necessary
precautions to discriminate adequately between military objectives and
civilians." The U.N. also found Russian and Syrian forces may have
committed war crimes by intentionally targeting civilian sites,
including hospitals and clinics, schools, farmland and markets.


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