Kurds accuse Turkey of using banned incendiary weapons

BEIRUT: The embattled Kurdish authorities in northeastern  Syria  on Thursday accused Turkey of resorting to banned weapons such as napalm and white phosphorus munitions.
The use of such weapons since the start of the cross-border assault by Turkey and its Syrian proxies could not immediately be confirmed independently.
In a statement issued eight days into the deadly offensive, the Kurdish administration said Turkey had resorted to their use because of unexpectedly stiff resistance by Kurdish fighters in the key border town of Ras al-Ain.
“The Turkish aggression is using all available weapons against Ras al-Ain,” the Kurdish statement said.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has so far ignored international pressure to halt the offensive, which has killed dozens of civilians and displaced more than 300,000 people.
“Faced with the obvious failure of his plan, Erdogan is resorting to weapons that are globally banned such as phosphorus and napalm,” the statement added.