Qamishli (Syria) - Hundreds of female protesters took to the streets of the Syrian Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli on yesterday to call for an end to violence against women. "Underage marriage is a crime," said one sign held up by a protester, on International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Women of all ages carried the portraits of fighters in the Women's Protection Units (YPJ), the all-female branch of the Syrian Kurdish militia. Some protesters lashed out at neighbouring Turkey, which considers the Syrian Kurdish militia to be "terrorists". Ankara and its Syrian proxies have led two campaigns inside Syria against the Kurds, most recently seizing the northwestern enclave of Afrin in March.

Source: Philippine Star November 25, 2018 18:00 UTC