VOA: Syrian Kurds Accused of Human Rights Abuses Against Arabs
Kurdish forces in northern Syria, one of the few armed groups in the multi-layered civil war trusted by the U.S.-led coalition to battle Islamic State extremists, are said to have carried out forced displacement of Arabs and Turkmen and mass house demolitions of villages in territory they have captured.
Amnesty International says the Popular Protection Units, the YPG, an offshoot of Turkey’s outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, the PKK, razed entire villages captured from Islamic State forces in retaliation either for perceived sympathies with the jihadist group or as punishment for past grievances and old land disputes.
Update #1: Amnesty Alleges 'Wave Of Forced Displacements' In Northern Syria By US-Backed Kurdish Forces -- IBTimes
Update #2: Report: U.S.-backed Kurdish rebels may have committed war crimes in Syria -- Washington Post
WNU Editor: There are no good players in the Syrian conflict .... just some that are less worse than the others.
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