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Conflict Incident Report

Lebanese Kurds solidarize with Kobane

Date of incident: 
November 1, 2014
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Kurds

Lebanese Kurds have mobilized in solidarity with a hard-pressed Kobane city facing ISIL onslaught amid a 2-months-old savage state of siege.
Kurds assembled in Ein-Mrayseh/Beirut, unfurled pro-Kurdish independence banners in support of their Syrian compatriots; they deplored Erdogan's silence at Daesh's impending massacre.

http://www.nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/35768/Lebanese-Kurds-solidarize-w...

Primary category: 
Collective Action [inc. protests, solidarity movements...]
Classification of conflict (primary): 
Power & governance conflicts
Violent or non-violent conflicts associated with antagonisms related to internal political tensions between local and/or national groups and parties. These tensions may be encouraged by internal, regional and international parties. Such conflicts are characterized by their defiance and/or opposition to central State power and governance.