Thousands of Kurds and their local supporters rallied in France and in Greece on...
Kurds living in Greece shout slogans during a demonstration against Turkey's military action in northeastern Syria, in Athens, Greece, October 12, 2019. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
In Paris, about 3,000 people gathered at the Place de la Republique after an earlier protest near the Eiffel Tower. People carried banners denouncing the Turkish offensive and calling on France to help the Kurds. “This is a genocide. Please help us, please help us, it’s enough,” Bawan, one of the Kurdish protesters, told Reuters.The Turkish incursion in northeast Syria has raised international alarm over a mass displacement of civilians and fears that it could trigger a revival of the Islamic State insurgency in Syria.
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