The boy screamed and cried because of burns all over his body after repeated Turkish bombings against the Kurds in Syria.

The video, taken at a hospital in the town of Tal Tamr, northeastern Syria, the epicenter of the most intense battles, shows the boy crying and pleading "Daddy stop the burns, please, Dad" , before the doctors injected morphine. Some reports say the boy suffered for 12 hours before being treated.

British chemical weapons expert Hamish de-Bretton Gordon said the wounds were compatible with the use of white phosphorus. "The most likely culprit is white phosphorus. It is a terrible weapon and has been used many times during the Syrian civil war. Unfortunately, its use is becoming more and more normal", Gordon said.

The UN says it is investigating allegations that Turkey uses this prohibited weapon. The Chemical Weapons Prohibition Organization also said it has received a report of the situation and is collecting information regarding the potential use of chemical weapons.

White phosphorus sticks to the skin and burns when exposed to moisture. This chemical cannot be washed and, in some cases, burned to the bone. A video of the boy Kurdish media released with a series of photos from another hospital in al-Hasakah, close to Ras al-Ayn, shows the boys burned deep on their faces.

The Kurdish regime in northeastern Syria has accused Turkey of using weapons such as napalm and white phosphorus since opening a military campaign against them on Oct. 9, but Ankara denied the allegations. .

Dozens of civilians were killed and more than 300,000 people were forced to flee their homes since the fighting began. Turkey on October 17 announced the suspension of a five-day military operation to withdraw Kurdish forces from security buffer zones along the border. However, President Recep Erdogan yesterday said he was ready to launch a full-scale attack if the Kurds did not retreat.