WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s special envoy for Syria said on Wednesday that U.S. forces had seen evidence of war crimes by Turkish forces in Syria, during their recent offensive against Kurds.
“We haven’t seen widespread evidence of ethnic cleansing” by Turkey, but there had been reports of “several incidents of what we consider war crimes,” said James Jeffrey, special representative for Syria, at a House of Representatives hearing.
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