Turkey has rejected a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report earlier this week on alleged abuses and potential war crimes committed by Turkish forces and allied groups in northern Syria. Turkey, along with the United States and Russia, has a military presence in Syria’s north and controls a swathe of land following several incursions there since 2016. The incursions, backed by Syrian allied groups, have targeted US-backed Kurdish militia whom Ankara considers a national threat and terrorists. “The HRW’s recent report is far from reflecting the realities on the ground and it is based on complete ignor…