Amnesty documents unlawful attacks and killings in Turkey's northeast Syria offensive
The investigation attributes specific conduct to Turkish forces and Turkey-backed Syrian armed groups, not to Trump or Erdogan as individual perpetrators.
Entities and roles
- Documented civilian harm in the 2019 Turkish offensivedocumented harm and alleged violations
- Recep Tayyip Erdoganhead of the Turkish government during the offensive
Relationships in this file
- Recep Tayyip Erdoganhead of government during watchdog-documented offensiveDocumented civilian harm in the 2019 Turkish offensive
Claims and evidence
- allegationalleged
After 17 witness interviews, video verification, and medical-record review, Amnesty International reported unlawful attacks and summary killings by Turkish forces and Turkey-backed Syrian armed groups during the October 2019 offensive; the report did not adjudicate personal criminal liability for Erdogan or Trump.
- Amnesty International: Syria: Damning evidence of war crimes and other violations by Turkish forces and their alliesMethod, attacks on civilians, and summary-killings sections