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NINE DOZEN ALEPPO ARMENIANS KIDNAPPED WITHIN A YEAR
15:20, 5 March, 2013
YEREVAN, MARCH 5, ARMENPRESS: In accordance to the information of
the Syrian Armenian First Aid Body for Emergencies over 90 Aleppo
Armenians have already been kidnapped because of one year ongoing
clashes in Aleppo. The Press Secretary of the Armenian National
Prelacy in Aleppo Jirair Reisian told Armenpress that fortunately the
majority has been released. The number of wounded Armenians exceeds 87,
the number of victims is being clarified. Presumably their number is
about 4 dozen. Two servicemen Khajak Abelyan and Ghazar Karapetyan are
missing till now. First Aid Body for Emergencies has allocated over
3500 parcels to the Aleppo Armenians. Conditioned by ongoing clashes
in Aleppo in a year, about 12-13 thousand Armenians had left the city.
In accordance to UN earlier published data the overall death toll
in Syria surpasses 70 thousand people. The number of Syrian refugees
reaches 940 thousand. Turkey has absorbed 300 thousand Syrian refugees,
200 thousand Syrians found shelter in Jordan.
15:20, 5 March, 2013
YEREVAN, MARCH 5, ARMENPRESS: In accordance to the information of
the Syrian Armenian First Aid Body for Emergencies over 90 Aleppo
Armenians have already been kidnapped because of one year ongoing
clashes in Aleppo. The Press Secretary of the Armenian National
Prelacy in Aleppo Jirair Reisian told Armenpress that fortunately the
majority has been released. The number of wounded Armenians exceeds 87,
the number of victims is being clarified. Presumably their number is
about 4 dozen. Two servicemen Khajak Abelyan and Ghazar Karapetyan are
missing till now. First Aid Body for Emergencies has allocated over
3500 parcels to the Aleppo Armenians. Conditioned by ongoing clashes
in Aleppo in a year, about 12-13 thousand Armenians had left the city.
In accordance to UN earlier published data the overall death toll
in Syria surpasses 70 thousand people. The number of Syrian refugees
reaches 940 thousand. Turkey has absorbed 300 thousand Syrian refugees,
200 thousand Syrians found shelter in Jordan.