Around 3,000 people, mainly Kurds and members of left-wing groups, demonstrated in Berlin against the invasion of Turkish troops into the Rojava region in north-eastern Syria.
In the meantime, the demonstration was stopped after a YPG flag was held over a block of left-wing groups. After this flag was removed, the demonstration continued. Now and then smoke candles were used by the demonstration. There were no further incidents.
The self-governing region is defended by the Kurdish self-defense units YPG and YPJ. Hundreds of people are said to have lost their lives in the fighting in the last few days. Over 100,000 people are on the run.
Both Turkey and the former allies of the YPG/YPJ were criticized in speeches.
Turkey sees the YPG/YPJ as an offshoot of the Kurdish Workers' Party PKK and therefore classifies them as terrorists. However, the Kurdish units have been the closest ally of the West in recent years, especially of the USA in the fight against Daesh (IS). By the decision of US President Donald Trump to withdraw his own troops from the Kurdish territories, he opened up the possibility of Turkey's invasion.
