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British Kurds demand Turkey ends its genocidal war in Rojava
A protest against Turkey's war on the Kurds outside the country's London embassy today

TURKEY must stop its genocidal war in northern Syria, British Kurds warned today as the government announced it was suspending future arms licences to Ankara. 

A small group gathered outside the Turkish embassy to demand that the British government halt arms sales altogether, following the call from European foreign ministers on Monday.

Britain remains one of the largest arms exporters to the Turkish state and has licensed £1.1 billion of weapons since Recep Tayyip Erdogan became President five years ago , but has so far refused to stop its deadly trade. 

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