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Kurds in Lebanon march against Turkey

Lebanese Kurds wave flags and chant slogans on January 26, 2018, during a protest near the Turkish embassy in Rabieh, on the outskirts of Beirut, against the ongoing Turkish military campaign in the Kurdish-held Syrian enclave of Afrin. (AFP)

Updated 26 January 2018

January 26, 2018 20:59

Kurds in Lebanon march against Turkey

Updated 26 January 2018

January 26, 2018 20:59

BEIRUT: Hundreds of Kurds living in Lebanon have gathered outside the Turkish embassy in Lebanon to protest Turkey’s ongoing military operation in northern Syria’s Kurdish-controlled Afrin region.
Protesters carrying Kurdish flags chanted slogans on Friday denouncing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, including: “Down with Erdogan!“
Lebanese policemen deployed around the embassy and erected barbed-wire barriers to prevent protesters from approaching.
“All the Kurds here in Lebanon are supporting Afrin and saying long live the resistance of Afrin,” said protester Hanan Osman.
Turkey launched the offensive against Afrin on January 10 and is vowing to expand the operation eastward, toward the border with Iraq.