THE United Nations has been accused of complicity in war crimes for failing to take action against Turkey, which is accused of atrocities including torture, rape and extrajudicial killings in northern Syria.

Ankara has launched two invasions of the Syrian Kurdish region known as Rojava, allying with jihadist groups on the pretext of combatting terrorism.

It has been accused of a litany of war crimes, including chemical weapon attacks and the attempted genocide of the Kurdish people, with more than 300,000 internally displaced as a result of the Turkish occupation.