As Turkey continues to take a hardline stance on the Kurds’ legal rights, international organizations and actors should take part in preventing Ankara from expanding further into Syria.
A Kurdish civilian was tortured and killed after he was kidnapped by an armed opposition faction in north Syria, days after the United Nations condemned the detention of civilians in Syria.
Turkey’s military fired mortar shells at Kurdish settlements in the Tel Abyad and Shahba regions of northern Syria late on Sunday, Firat news agency reported.