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SYRIAN ARMY CONDUCTS MILITARY OPERATIONS IN THE VICINITY OF MOUNT CHALMA OF KESSAB
16:37, 14 April, 2014
YEREVAN, APRIL 14, ARMENPRESS. On April 14 a couple of rockets
fell nearJablaregion of Latakia. Fortunately, the damages are only
material. Besides, several rockets fell on Kardaha region without
causing damage.
As reports "Armenpress" referring to "Latakia Information Network"
Facebook page, clashes continue in Kessab region, particularly
in the territory stretching from the 45th height to Kharba Sulas,
near the regions of Mshkiyta and Bahlulia. Today and yesterday the
operations of the Syrian army were focused in the direction of the
peak ofSalidrin, which opens the way to the Chalma peak, as well as
toNabiin and Samra regions.
"Al Mayadin" website reports, that in the region of Nabiin, southwest
of town Kessab of Latakia region, dozens of militants have been killed.
The armed incursion began on Friday, March 21, with rebels associated
with Al-Qaeda's al-Nusra Front, Sham al-Islam and Ansar al-Sham
crossing the Turkish border and attacking the Armenian civilian
population of Kessab. The attackers immediately seized two guard posts
overlooking Kessab, including a strategic hill known as Observatory
45 and later took over the border crossing point with Turkey. Snipers
targeted the civilian population and launched mortar attacks on the
town and the surrounding villages.
According to eyewitness accounts, the attackers crossed the Turkish
border with Syria openly passing through Turkish military barracks.
According to Turkish media reports, the attackers carried their
injured back to Turkey for treatment in the town of Yayladagi.
Some 670 Armenian families, the majority of the population of Kessab,
were evacuated by the local Armenian community leadership to safer
areas in neighboring Basit and Latakia. Ten to fifteen families with
relations too elderly to move were either unable to leave or chose
to stay in their homes.
On Saturday, March 22, Syrian troops launched a counteroffensive in an
attempt to regain the border crossing point, eye-witnesses and state
media reported. However, on Sunday, March 23, the extremist groups once
again entered the town of Kessab, took the remaining Armenian families
hostage, desecrated the town's three Armenian churches, pillaging
local residences and occupying the town and surrounding villages.
Located in the northwestern corner of Syria, near the border with
Turkey, Kessab had, until very recently, evaded major battles in
the Syrian conflict. The local Armenian population had increased in
recent years with the city serving as safe-haven for those fleeing
from the war-torn cities of Yacubiye, Rakka and Aleppo.
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/758090/syrian-army-conducts-military-operations-in-the-vicinity-of-mount-chalma-of-kessab.html
From: A. Papazian
16:37, 14 April, 2014
YEREVAN, APRIL 14, ARMENPRESS. On April 14 a couple of rockets
fell nearJablaregion of Latakia. Fortunately, the damages are only
material. Besides, several rockets fell on Kardaha region without
causing damage.
As reports "Armenpress" referring to "Latakia Information Network"
Facebook page, clashes continue in Kessab region, particularly
in the territory stretching from the 45th height to Kharba Sulas,
near the regions of Mshkiyta and Bahlulia. Today and yesterday the
operations of the Syrian army were focused in the direction of the
peak ofSalidrin, which opens the way to the Chalma peak, as well as
toNabiin and Samra regions.
"Al Mayadin" website reports, that in the region of Nabiin, southwest
of town Kessab of Latakia region, dozens of militants have been killed.
The armed incursion began on Friday, March 21, with rebels associated
with Al-Qaeda's al-Nusra Front, Sham al-Islam and Ansar al-Sham
crossing the Turkish border and attacking the Armenian civilian
population of Kessab. The attackers immediately seized two guard posts
overlooking Kessab, including a strategic hill known as Observatory
45 and later took over the border crossing point with Turkey. Snipers
targeted the civilian population and launched mortar attacks on the
town and the surrounding villages.
According to eyewitness accounts, the attackers crossed the Turkish
border with Syria openly passing through Turkish military barracks.
According to Turkish media reports, the attackers carried their
injured back to Turkey for treatment in the town of Yayladagi.
Some 670 Armenian families, the majority of the population of Kessab,
were evacuated by the local Armenian community leadership to safer
areas in neighboring Basit and Latakia. Ten to fifteen families with
relations too elderly to move were either unable to leave or chose
to stay in their homes.
On Saturday, March 22, Syrian troops launched a counteroffensive in an
attempt to regain the border crossing point, eye-witnesses and state
media reported. However, on Sunday, March 23, the extremist groups once
again entered the town of Kessab, took the remaining Armenian families
hostage, desecrated the town's three Armenian churches, pillaging
local residences and occupying the town and surrounding villages.
Located in the northwestern corner of Syria, near the border with
Turkey, Kessab had, until very recently, evaded major battles in
the Syrian conflict. The local Armenian population had increased in
recent years with the city serving as safe-haven for those fleeing
from the war-torn cities of Yacubiye, Rakka and Aleppo.
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/758090/syrian-army-conducts-military-operations-in-the-vicinity-of-mount-chalma-of-kessab.html
From: A. Papazian