Large numbers of protesters and police are on Wilmslow Road on Wednesday night
Tom Burnett Content Editor
23:31, 21 Jan 2026Updated 23:49, 21 Jan 2026
Police in Rusholme on Wednesday night(Image: Ryan Jenkinson)
Police have arrested a number of people after hundreds descended on Manchester’s iconic Curry Mile for a second night of protests.
Photos and video from the scene at around 11pm on Wednesday (January 21) show large numbers of police at the scene on Wilmslow Road, Rusholme.
The Manchester Evening News understands a number of arrests have been made.
A number of people have also received dispersal orders tonight, which require them to leave the area or face arrest.
Greater Manchester Police has yet to issue a statement on the latest incident.
Police in Rusholme tonight(Image: Ryan Jenkinson)
It comes following disorder on Tuesday following a largely peaceful protest connected to clashes in Syria between the government and the majority Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the north east of the Middle Eastern country.
Syria is recovering from the aftermath of a long-running multi-sided civil war that eventually saw the nation’s long serving dictator Bashar Al-Assad flee the country in late 2024.
Rebels led by Ahmed Al-Sharaa, a former jihadist and now the country’s president, seized the capital city of Damascus and have been trying to consolidate their control over the country since then.
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which is led by Syria’s large Kurdish community, seized control of areas of the north east of the country during the conflict.