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Demonstrators carry flags of the YPG as they protest against the Turkish military intervention in northern Syria, in Hannover, Germany
HANOVER’S city centre was taken over by thousands of Kurds and their left-wing supporters at the weekend as they protested against Turkey’s offensive in Afrin and Germany’s arms sales to Ankara.
Under the banner “Newroz means resistance — the resistance is Afrin,” marking Tuesday’s Kurdish New Year, the protest was largely peaceful.
Against a backdrop of music and songs praising the military feats of the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG/YPJ), protesters shouted: “Long live the Afrin resistance,” “Long live YPG/YPJ resistance” and “Murderer Erdogan,” referring to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
CLAUDIA WEBBE looks at how Britain’s Nato ally has upped the stakes in its effort to silence domestic dissenting voices
VIJAY PRASHAD details how US support for Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa allowed him to break the resistance of the autonomous Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)
NICK WRIGHT returns to Berlin and finds a city in darkness and political turmoil
