Report: Syrian Kurdish forces razed Arab villages

Amnesty International has accused Kurdish armed units in northern Syria of burning down Arab and Turkmen villages.

Their actions it says amount to war crimes.

A report published by the rights group  included witness accounts of fighters displacing thousands of civilians of Arab and Turkmen background, and the destruction of homes.

The alleged abuses, it says, took place in areas administered by the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), which is affiliated to the Turkey-based Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).

Aljazeera