Conflict in Syria: Kurds protest in opposition to the advance of the Syrian army | EUROtoday

Several hundred Kurds and supporters protested in Munich in opposition to the advance of Syrian authorities troops and their allies within the north of the Arab nation. The organizers referred to as on the federal authorities to make defending the civilian inhabitants and guaranteeing humanitarian support a precedence. The police arrived with robust forces who had been stationed across the rally on Munich’s Gärtnerplatz.

The Munich demonstration was considered one of virtually 30 occasions introduced nationwide in opposition to the army advance of the troops of the Syrian transitional authorities and its allies. A rally was additionally deliberate in Nuremberg, and bigger Kurdish demonstrations had been introduced in Cologne, Berlin, Frankfurt, Hamburg and Hanover.

For years, northern Syria has been administered nearly autonomously by left-wing Kurds and their Syrian Democratic Forces militia troops. The Islamist Syrian transitional authorities desires to deliver the area below its management. Regardless of a ceasefire, the Kurds accuse authorities troops and their allies of assaults on civilians. The self-government referred to as “Rojava” is a part of the Kurds’ lengthy quest for their very own state.

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