Britain accused of collusion with Turkey in war against Kurds

<p style="text-align:left">Two civil institutions in the UK have accused the British government of involvement in the recent Turkey war against Kurds in the Kurdistan region by selling armed drone components to Ankara.

The anti-arms sales campaign in Britain announced the sale of 1.1 billion pounds of British-made weapons to the government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan since 2014, according to the Morningstar newspaper.

British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly acknowledged this week that his country had issued permission to export military equipment to the Turkish army by ADOMBM Company.

The company sold pieces to Ankara to build Turkey's Bayrkdar drones, which has been widely used in Turkish operations against the Kurds in Iraq and Syria.

The Campaign of Sympathy with Kurds in Britain and Scotland has also accused Turkey of using the drones in Libya, while the UN prohibits weapons from entering the country.

Rosa Gilbert, the head of the United Kingdom's Centre for Sympathy with Kurds, also accused the government of complicity with Turkey in its war against the Kurds.

Andrew Smith, the head of fighting against arms trade campaign, called on the British government to investigate whether Turkey has used British military equipment in its war against the Kurds.

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