The British Ministry of Defense is pursuing five members of the Special Forces on charges of committing war crimes in Syria. The investigation, the first of its kind in a case related to Syria, comes after years of British army forces participating in military operations in Syria under the pretext of fighting ISIS.
This is not the first time that the army has pursued its soldiers for crimes they committed during previous wars. The British judiciary is pursuing more than 88 files related to crimes committed by British soldiers during the Afghanistan war.