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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

UN complaint lodged over Turkish airstrikes on hospital in Iraq

The UN human rights council
The UN human rights council case is the first over Turkish airstrikes against the Yazidi people. Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images

Turkish airstrikes that allegedly targeted a civilian hospital and killed eight people in Iraq have been made the subject of a formal complaint to the UN human rights council.

It is the first case to be brought on the issue of Turkish airstrikes against the Yazidi people. The attack on 17 August 2021 destroyed the Sikeniye medical clinic in Sinjar and left more than 20 people injured.

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