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Turkey accused of war crimes after eight killed in hospital missile attack in northern Iraq

TURKEY was accused of war crimes today after the names of eight people killed in a missile attack on a hospital in northern Iraq’s Shengal region were released.

Four health workers died in Tuesday’s drone attack on the medical facility in the village of al-Sakina, south of Mount Sinjar in Nineveh province.

Turkish jets targeted all vehicles attempting to reach the hospital as well as those seeking to leave.

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