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ENGENIY SATANOVSKY: IN THE MIDDLE EAST CHRISTIANS FEEL SAFE ONLY IN IRAN AND ISRAEL
by Ashot Safaryan
Tuesday, April 8, 15:43
The campaign of the western superpowers on ousting Syria's President
Bashar Asad is optimized for the genocide of national and ethnic
minorities, Russian expert, president of the Middle East Institute,
Evgeniy Satanovsky said over the televised bridge Moscow-Yerevan
dedicate to the events in the Syrian Kessab populated with Armenians.
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He said that Kessab has found itself on the way of a regular attack
of rebels because of a rather specific reason. "Today they openly
say "Christians - to Lebanon and Alawites - to the grave". However,
Christians can not manage to deport. They should not have illusions.
We know that at the beginning of the 20th century quarter of population
of the Middle East were Christians. Today we cannot find even 2%
of Christians in the Middle East", - he said.
The expert emphasize that at present nothing threats Christian
communities only in the two countries of Middle East - Iran and
Israel. "Total de-christianization of the Middle East has been taking
place. All Christians of the Middle East are potential victims of
terrorists", - Satanovsky said.
Touching on Turkey's role in these processes, the expert said that
today Prime Minister Erdogan has been restoring the Ottoman Empire.
Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu also openly says about it. "For this
reason, radical extremist course towards expansion based on growth of
the role of Islam in the Turkish society, in the external direction,
undoubtedly is leading to support of radicals. Of course, it may be
not Al-Quida, but Syrian Free Army is not better than Jabhat al-Nursa
or any other Islamist extremist wing", - he concluded.
To recall, in the early morning on March 21, armed militants
from the Jabhat al-Nusra Islamic terrorist group infiltrated
into northern Syria's Latakia Governorate, which is predominantly
inhabited by Armenians and Alawites, from four directions. Two large
groups of terrorists had launched the attack from Turkey. About 600
Kessab-Armenian families were initially sheltered in Latakia city. A
group of Armenia parliament members recently visited Syria to assess
the situation in the region. They met with President Bashar Assad.
On 30 March, representatives Adam Schiff (D-CA), Brad Sherman (D-CA),
Jim Costa (D-CA), James McGovern (D-MA) and Jackie Speier (D-CA) have
condemned the attacks and urged the State Department to investigate
Turkey's involvement. They sent a joint letter to President Obama over
the issue. In addition, Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian applied
to the UN Secretariat with a letter calling for immediate response
to the attacks by the armed Turkish bands in Kessab. He demanded
Ankara to take immediate measures to stop the attacks on Syria from
the territory of Turkey.
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by Ashot Safaryan
Tuesday, April 8, 15:43
The campaign of the western superpowers on ousting Syria's President
Bashar Asad is optimized for the genocide of national and ethnic
minorities, Russian expert, president of the Middle East Institute,
Evgeniy Satanovsky said over the televised bridge Moscow-Yerevan
dedicate to the events in the Syrian Kessab populated with Armenians.
'
He said that Kessab has found itself on the way of a regular attack
of rebels because of a rather specific reason. "Today they openly
say "Christians - to Lebanon and Alawites - to the grave". However,
Christians can not manage to deport. They should not have illusions.
We know that at the beginning of the 20th century quarter of population
of the Middle East were Christians. Today we cannot find even 2%
of Christians in the Middle East", - he said.
The expert emphasize that at present nothing threats Christian
communities only in the two countries of Middle East - Iran and
Israel. "Total de-christianization of the Middle East has been taking
place. All Christians of the Middle East are potential victims of
terrorists", - Satanovsky said.
Touching on Turkey's role in these processes, the expert said that
today Prime Minister Erdogan has been restoring the Ottoman Empire.
Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu also openly says about it. "For this
reason, radical extremist course towards expansion based on growth of
the role of Islam in the Turkish society, in the external direction,
undoubtedly is leading to support of radicals. Of course, it may be
not Al-Quida, but Syrian Free Army is not better than Jabhat al-Nursa
or any other Islamist extremist wing", - he concluded.
To recall, in the early morning on March 21, armed militants
from the Jabhat al-Nusra Islamic terrorist group infiltrated
into northern Syria's Latakia Governorate, which is predominantly
inhabited by Armenians and Alawites, from four directions. Two large
groups of terrorists had launched the attack from Turkey. About 600
Kessab-Armenian families were initially sheltered in Latakia city. A
group of Armenia parliament members recently visited Syria to assess
the situation in the region. They met with President Bashar Assad.
On 30 March, representatives Adam Schiff (D-CA), Brad Sherman (D-CA),
Jim Costa (D-CA), James McGovern (D-MA) and Jackie Speier (D-CA) have
condemned the attacks and urged the State Department to investigate
Turkey's involvement. They sent a joint letter to President Obama over
the issue. In addition, Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian applied
to the UN Secretariat with a letter calling for immediate response
to the attacks by the armed Turkish bands in Kessab. He demanded
Ankara to take immediate measures to stop the attacks on Syria from
the territory of Turkey.
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