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ARMENIAN AND KURDISH TOWNS UNDER TERROR
2014-03-25
Armenians and Kurds urge the international community to make pressure
on Turkey to stop the Al Qaida terrorist groups in Syria.Kurdish
city Kobani is surrounded by Al Qaida extremists while the Armenian
population is forced to leave their historical town.
Armenians and Kurds urge the international community:
Stop the Al Qaida terror against minorities in Syria !
By Roni Alasor / Lorin Sarkisian
Brussels, 25 March 2014 - Ararat News (ANP) - Al Qaida supported
fanatic organizations attack and terrorize ethnic and religious
minorities in Syria. The Kurdish city of Kobane has been surrounded
and heavily attacked by terrorists in the last four days, while the
Armenian population in Kesab (Kessab) has been forced with terror to
leave the city. Kurds and Armenians call the international community,
UN, US, EU and Russia to fulfil its obligations and to protect the
civil population and the ethnic and religious groups in Syria.
In Hague in Nederland, the Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan expressed
his deep concern over the developments in the Armenian town Kesab: "I
have already instructed the diplomatic missions at the UN Headquarters
in New York and Geneva to raise the issue of ensuring the security
of the Armenians in Kesab and their safe return to their permanent
places of residence at the structures dealing with human rights and
ethnic minority rights issues."
The Armenian National Committee-International (ANC-I) also strongly
condemned the terror attacks against Armenians.
The Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) in Syria and Kurdistan
National Congress (KNK) also called the international community
for immediate reaction against the terrorists' attacks in Kobane,
one of the three cantons declared autonomous by the Kurds in
Southwest Kurdistan - Rojava (Syria). "We call upon all international
organisations including the European Union and the United Nations to
take a stance. We call on these organisations to stand by the Kurdish
people. We also call upon all human rights activists, civil societies
and democratic institutions of the world to be in solidarity with
the Kurdish people", noted the KNK statement.
The Kurdish organisations underline the role of Turkey in the recent
events: "It is a well known fact that these terrorists' gangs are
receiving military and logistical support through the Akcakale border
crossing at the Turkish-Syrian border from the Turkish state. It is
incomprehensible that the international arena can remain silent in
the face of these events."
Kurds believe that the last weeks closer cooperation between Turkey
and Iranian regime against Kurds has activated the terrorist groups.
Speaking to Ararat News (ANP), PYD Coordinator in the European Union
(EU) Abdulselam Mustafa said that the Kurdish city Kobani has been
actually surrounded in the last three months, but the attacks became
heavier in the last four days when thousands of terrorists approached
the city with heavy guns. Over 150 Al Qaida supporters have been
killed since the Kurdish New Year Newroz (21 March) until now. The
bodies of 28 of them are in the hands of the Kurdish military forces
YPG. Over 15 Kurdish fighters also lost their lives.
Thousands of Christians terrorized and forced to flee
Since the beginning of the civil war and terror in Syria, thousands
of Armenians, Assyrians and Syriacs Christians have been forced by
the Al-Qaida supporters to leave their homes.
Armenian National Committee-International (ANC-I) also condemned the
attacks and Turkey's active role in supporting extremist groups in
their targeted attacks against religious and minority groups in Syria.
"For months, we have warned the international community of the
imminent threat posed by extremist foreign fighters against the
Christian minority population in Syria," says the ANC-I statement.
"These vicious and unprompted attacks against the Armenian-populated
town and villages of Kesab are the latest examples of this violence,
actively encouraged by neighbouring Turkey. We call upon all states
with any influence in the Syrian conflict to use all available means to
stop these attacks against the peaceful civilian population of Kesab,
to allow them to return to their homes in safety and security.
In the last one hundred years, this is the third time that the
Armenians are being forced to leave Kesab and in all three cases,
Turkey is the aggressor or on the side of the aggressors", concludes
ANC-I.
Kesab is historical town with ancient Armenian and Greek/Roman
presence. It is located in the west corner of the northern Syria,
near the Mediterranean Sea, on the slope of Mount Casius (Aqraa)
in the Turkish-Syrian border. Mount Casius was divided by France,
which gave half to Turkey and half to Syria, as they did with Ararat
Mountain dividing it between Turkey and Armenia.
Kesab is situated about 180 km from Aleppo. Today the town and the
surrounding villages are mainly populated by Armenians with around
3000 people population. The town has Armenian Orthodox, Evangelist
and Catholic churches. It is just 42 km from the only Armenian village
in Turkey, Vakifli Koyu in Samandagi / Antakya.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT KESAB :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kesab
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT KURDS IN SYRIA:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurds_in_Syria
http://www.araratnews.com/nuce.php?aid=710
From: Baghdasarian
2014-03-25
Armenians and Kurds urge the international community to make pressure
on Turkey to stop the Al Qaida terrorist groups in Syria.Kurdish
city Kobani is surrounded by Al Qaida extremists while the Armenian
population is forced to leave their historical town.
Armenians and Kurds urge the international community:
Stop the Al Qaida terror against minorities in Syria !
By Roni Alasor / Lorin Sarkisian
Brussels, 25 March 2014 - Ararat News (ANP) - Al Qaida supported
fanatic organizations attack and terrorize ethnic and religious
minorities in Syria. The Kurdish city of Kobane has been surrounded
and heavily attacked by terrorists in the last four days, while the
Armenian population in Kesab (Kessab) has been forced with terror to
leave the city. Kurds and Armenians call the international community,
UN, US, EU and Russia to fulfil its obligations and to protect the
civil population and the ethnic and religious groups in Syria.
In Hague in Nederland, the Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan expressed
his deep concern over the developments in the Armenian town Kesab: "I
have already instructed the diplomatic missions at the UN Headquarters
in New York and Geneva to raise the issue of ensuring the security
of the Armenians in Kesab and their safe return to their permanent
places of residence at the structures dealing with human rights and
ethnic minority rights issues."
The Armenian National Committee-International (ANC-I) also strongly
condemned the terror attacks against Armenians.
The Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) in Syria and Kurdistan
National Congress (KNK) also called the international community
for immediate reaction against the terrorists' attacks in Kobane,
one of the three cantons declared autonomous by the Kurds in
Southwest Kurdistan - Rojava (Syria). "We call upon all international
organisations including the European Union and the United Nations to
take a stance. We call on these organisations to stand by the Kurdish
people. We also call upon all human rights activists, civil societies
and democratic institutions of the world to be in solidarity with
the Kurdish people", noted the KNK statement.
The Kurdish organisations underline the role of Turkey in the recent
events: "It is a well known fact that these terrorists' gangs are
receiving military and logistical support through the Akcakale border
crossing at the Turkish-Syrian border from the Turkish state. It is
incomprehensible that the international arena can remain silent in
the face of these events."
Kurds believe that the last weeks closer cooperation between Turkey
and Iranian regime against Kurds has activated the terrorist groups.
Speaking to Ararat News (ANP), PYD Coordinator in the European Union
(EU) Abdulselam Mustafa said that the Kurdish city Kobani has been
actually surrounded in the last three months, but the attacks became
heavier in the last four days when thousands of terrorists approached
the city with heavy guns. Over 150 Al Qaida supporters have been
killed since the Kurdish New Year Newroz (21 March) until now. The
bodies of 28 of them are in the hands of the Kurdish military forces
YPG. Over 15 Kurdish fighters also lost their lives.
Thousands of Christians terrorized and forced to flee
Since the beginning of the civil war and terror in Syria, thousands
of Armenians, Assyrians and Syriacs Christians have been forced by
the Al-Qaida supporters to leave their homes.
Armenian National Committee-International (ANC-I) also condemned the
attacks and Turkey's active role in supporting extremist groups in
their targeted attacks against religious and minority groups in Syria.
"For months, we have warned the international community of the
imminent threat posed by extremist foreign fighters against the
Christian minority population in Syria," says the ANC-I statement.
"These vicious and unprompted attacks against the Armenian-populated
town and villages of Kesab are the latest examples of this violence,
actively encouraged by neighbouring Turkey. We call upon all states
with any influence in the Syrian conflict to use all available means to
stop these attacks against the peaceful civilian population of Kesab,
to allow them to return to their homes in safety and security.
In the last one hundred years, this is the third time that the
Armenians are being forced to leave Kesab and in all three cases,
Turkey is the aggressor or on the side of the aggressors", concludes
ANC-I.
Kesab is historical town with ancient Armenian and Greek/Roman
presence. It is located in the west corner of the northern Syria,
near the Mediterranean Sea, on the slope of Mount Casius (Aqraa)
in the Turkish-Syrian border. Mount Casius was divided by France,
which gave half to Turkey and half to Syria, as they did with Ararat
Mountain dividing it between Turkey and Armenia.
Kesab is situated about 180 km from Aleppo. Today the town and the
surrounding villages are mainly populated by Armenians with around
3000 people population. The town has Armenian Orthodox, Evangelist
and Catholic churches. It is just 42 km from the only Armenian village
in Turkey, Vakifli Koyu in Samandagi / Antakya.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT KESAB :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kesab
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT KURDS IN SYRIA:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurds_in_Syria
http://www.araratnews.com/nuce.php?aid=710
From: Baghdasarian