President Trump’s announcement that he was going to allow the Turkish military to invade north-east Syria has brought the expected consequences. Turkish artillery and airpower are pummelling the towns and cities of the region of Rojava, hundreds of thousands of people are fleeing in desperate search of safety and heavy fighting is raging as Turkish forces cross the border and engage with the local Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The situation is a human tragedy of vast scale. Rojava was the most peaceful part of the whole blighted country. Peopled by a myriad of different ethnic groups...