Kurdish forces razing Syrian villages seized from IS: Amnesty International

PanARMENIAN.Net - Kurdish forces have carried out a wave of forced displacement and mass house demolitions - amounting to war crimes - in northern Syria, a rights group says, according to BBC News.

A report by Amnesty International accuses the Popular Protection Units (YPG) of razing entire villages after capturing them from Islamic State (IS).

This appeared to be in retaliation for residents' perceived sympathies with or links to the jihadist group, it says.

The YPG is a key ally of the US-led international coalition against IS.

Coalition air strikes, as well as air drops of weapons and ammunition, have helped the militia to drive IS out of large parts of northern Syria this year.

The Amnesty report came as the U.S. said it had dropped more than 45 tonnes of ammunition to rebels in north-western Syria.