According to organizers of the event, about 3,000 people protested at the Pariser Platz in Berlin on Thursday to denounce Germany’s plans for further military assistance to the US-led coalition in Syria.
The protest came days after the German cabinet endorsed a mandate offering more military assistance to the US-led coalition allegedly fighting Daesh in Syria. The German government recently confirmed that the plan covered deployment of Tornado reconnaissance aircraft, a naval frigate and as many as 1,200 soldiers.
“The German contribution serves the fight against terrorism under the auspices of the alliance against IS and is aimed at supporting in particular France, Iraq and the international alliance in its fight against IS,” the government said in a statement on Tuesday, using a different acronym for Daesh.
