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    SYRIAN ARMENIANS ARE PREPARING TO USE BASEMENTS OF THEIR HOUSES AS SHELTERS IF THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER WESTERN POWERS ACT ON THEIR THREATS OF MILITARY ACTION

    by Alexandr Avanesov

    ARMINFO
    Friday, August 30, 13:55

    Thousands of ethnic Armenians remaining in Syria braced themselves
    for a further escalation of the bloody conflict in their country
    on Wednesday amid growing talk of U.S.-led military strikes against
    President Bashar al-Assad's regime, Radio Azatutyun reports.

    Speaking to RFE/RL's Armenian service (Azatutyun.am) by phone, several
    Syrian Armenians trapped in Aleppo said they are already preparing
    to use the basements of their homes as shelters if the United States
    and other Western powers act on their threats of military action.

    "The Armenian community is certainly worried," said Zarmig Boghikian,
    an Aleppo woman working at a local Armenian magazine, "Gandzasar." "We
    are neutral but concerned because those strikes will target the whole
    country. Leaders of the Armenian community are telling people to be
    cautious and don't leave their homes too often for the next few days."
    "Many people are thinking about fleeing but that's impossible to do
    in Aleppo now because the roads are closed," added Boghigian.

    The Armenian government has so far avoided calling on Armenians in
    Syria to leave the country, while pledging to help those of them who
    want to settle in Armenia. Nikolay Grigorian, the deputy director of
    the Armenian Rescue Service, said on Wednesday that the authorities
    in Yerevan would consider organizing their evacuation only if they
    receive a relevant request from the community leaders.

    There were an estimated 80,000 ethnic Armenians in Syria before
    the outbreak of the conflict there more than two years ago. About
    10,000 of them have since taken refuge in Armenia, according to the
    authorities in Yerevan. An even larger number of Syrian Armenians is
    thought to have fled to neighboring Lebanon.



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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