Turkish soldiers ride in an armoured personnel carrier (APC) as they patrol in a village near the Turkish-Syrian border in Hatay province, Turkey, Jan. 28, 2018.
VOA: Kurds Accuse Turks of Dropping Napalm
Kurdish officials say Turkish forces have been dropping napalm shells in what they describe as indiscriminate bombing of the countryside around Afrin, a Kurdish enclave that's taking the brunt of a Turkish offensive launched a week ago and called, inexplicably, Operation Olive Branch.
"The Turkish army uses the forbidden weapon napalm in Afrin against civilians," Syrian-Kurdish politician Îlham Ehmed tweeted overnight Saturday. The accusation was dismissed by the Turkish military, who say Kurdish propagandists hope to excite international opposition to Turkey.
International law does not prohibit the firing of napalm, a highly flammable sticky jelly used in incendiary bombs, against military targets, but it does ban it from being unleashed on civilians.
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WNU Editor: The Turkish military has a long history of using brutal tactics when it comes to the Kurds. Nothing would surprise me on what they (the Turkish military) are using in this military operation.
