Îlham Ehmed accused Turkey of using napalm against civilians

We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights.

Sign up fornow and never miss the top politics stories again.

Last weekend Turkish ground forces pushed into northern Syria's Afrin province after Turkey launched artillery and air strikes against the YPG - which Ankara considers a terror group.

Syrian-Kurdish politician Îlham Ehmed, who is co-chairperson of the Syrian Democratic Council (SDC) - a secular, non-Islamist opposition in Syria - accused Turkey of using the “forbidden” weapon against civilians.

Writing on Twitter, she said: “The Turkish army uses the forbidden weapon napalm in Afrin against civilians.”

International law does not specifically prohibit the use of napalm against military targets, but its use against civilian populations is banned, according to the United Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons.