Collective Action
Lebanon protest Turkey's Syria offensive
Hundreds protested in Lebanon against Turkey's military offensive in Syria's Kurdish enclave of Afrin.
Several demonstrations in support of Syria's Kurds have taken place in the Lebanese capital and across the world since Ankara launched its operation last month.
The demonstrators, some of them refugees and others members of Lebanon's long-established Kurdish community, held their protest near the U.S. embassy on the outskirts of Beirut.
They described feeling abandoned by Washington.
"We brought an end to the Islamic State group [Daesh] in the world and now the entire world is against us," said one demonstrator, who gave his name as Rida and who was originally from Afrin.
Date:
February 5, 2018
Actors/ Mobilising structures:
Collective / informal group
Mode of Action:
Demonstration
Objective:
Solidarity with minorities (sexual, ethnic, migrants etc)
Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA:
Injustice/Perceived injustice
Spatial characteristics:
Transnational
Frequency:
Episodic
State response:
N/A