Turkey's operation in northern Syria splits Germany's migrant communities

FILE PHOTO: Protesters hold signs and Kurdish flags during a rally against the Turkish military operation in Syria, in Berlin, Germany, October 14, 2019. The sign reads: "We are Kurds, no terrorists." REUTERS/Michele Tantussi/File Photo

BERLIN (Reuters) - Turkey's military offensive in neighbouring Syria is raising tensions among Germany's large Turkish, Kurdish and Syrian Arab communities, who are bitterly divided over the operation and have made conflicting demands of Berlin on how to respond.

The opposing views are voiced most openly in cities like Berlin and Cologne, where those communities are concentrated, and Kurdish protests against the Turkish operation have sporadically spilled into violence.