Kurdish anti-ISIS supporters in Liverpool, UK. Oct, 2014. Protesters have marched through the city centre to demonstrate against terrorist group ISIS. Around 300 protesters marched along Church Street, Bold Street and Renshaw Street before picketing outside Lime St Station. Sabiha Soylu took part in the march because she feels more needs to be done to help Kurdish fighters - who are battling with heavily-armed ISIS mililtants.
Supporters marched through the streets in Liverpool city centre this afternoon, as they demonstrated their opposition to ISIS and their enablers in the Turkish government. Despite avowedly being part of a US-led anti-ISIS military coalition in the region, the Turkish military has aided the reactionary group, and are grateful for their assistance in suppressing Kurdish people in Kobanê, part of the autonomous Rojava region of what is officially Syria. With rousing speeches and chanting, the gathering began with a long, slow march through key parts of Liverpool city centre. Kobane has been a battleground between Islamic State (IS) militants and Kurdish fighters since September 2014, when IS fighters overran the small northern Syrian town, forcing almost all of its civilians to flee into Turkey. International air strikes led by the US helped to push back IS fighters, allowing Kurdish fighters to eventually regain control of the town at the start of 2015.
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