(Anadolu) Hundreds of Turks, Syrians and American Muslims living in Los Angeles held a solidarity demonstration for Turkish soldiers in Idlib, northwestern Syria, where they are working to protect local civilians under a 2018 deal with Russia.
The event was organized in Anaheim city — part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area — by the Turkish American National Steering Committee (TASC), TURCA Association and the Syrian American [Council] (SAC).
Demonstrators were carrying Turkish, American and Syrian flags in their hands, as [well] as banners that read “We support Turkey,” “End Assad’s massacre” and “End Russian and Iran’s occupation in Syria.”
After playing the Turkish national anthem, the names of the Turkish soldiers — who were martyred in the last month’s Idlib attack — were read out, with the crowd chanting “present” after each name.
