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Western powers accused of complicity as Turkish air strike kill two in Kurdish refugee camp
People gathered at the funeral for those killed during the bombing of the Makhmour Refugee Camp in northern Iraq today

KURDISH officials accused Western powers of complicity in Turkish air strikes that killed two people and injured many more at the UN-administered Makhmour Refugee Camp in northern Iraq today.

It was heavily bombarded on Tuesday night as missiles also targeted areas in Shengal, where thousands were massacred at the hands of Isis in the 2014 Yazidi Genocide.

The town of Derik in north-east Syria was also struck just hours after 12 Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters who were killed in the recent thwarted Isis prison break in Hasaka province were buried.

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