James Jeffrey, the US special envoy to Syria, on Wednesday told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that “we’ve seen several incidents which we consider war crimes” during Turkey’s recent incursion into Syria. These allegations follow a number of other similar claims made by leading human rights organizations.
Jeffrey’s office has been investigating the actions of Turkey in Syria. A particular emphasis of their investigation has been concerns of “widespread ethnic cleansing,” of which they have not yet found evidence. Despite an apparent lack of evidence of any systemic crimes, they have found evidence of a myriad of smaller incidents.
