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SYRIAN TV CHANNELS RESPOND POSITIVELY TO ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT'S POSITION ON KESAB EVENTS
16:37, 26 March, 2014
YEREVAN, MARCH 26, ARMENPRESS: The Syrian TV channels responded
positively to the interest and position of the Government of the
Republic of Armenia on the Kesab events. The Press Secretary of the
National Primacy of Aleppo Zhirayr Reyisyan told Armenpress about
it, adding that the TV channels reminded that a century ago the same
Turks committed a crime against the Armenians. Reyisyan noted that
the direct intervention of Turkey is directed towards not only Syria,
but also the Armenians all over the world.
Concerning the current state in Aleppo, Reyisyan stated that the
torrent of missiles and rockets in the Armenian-populated New Village
district of Aleppo on March 25 caused considerable material losses
to the district's apartments along with the fear, terror and mental
disorders. Earlier the information department of the ARF Aleppo
informed Armenpress that seven rockets and missiles fell on the
residential houses nearby the Church. Armenian young man and woman,
as well as local mother and son were wounded, the condition of which
is out of danger now. "Now heated collisions are taking place in the
suburbs of the city", - said Reyisyan.
Earlier it was reported that the Catholicos of the Great House of
Cilicia Aram I contacted the presidential palace of Syria appealing
to send army to Kesab to provide for the security of the local
population. In his turn the Syria's ambassador to Lebanon visited
Catholicos Aram I in Antelias on March 22, conveying to him Syrian
president Bashar al-Assad's assurances that peace will be restored
in Kesab. The Catholicos welcomed the Syrian President's initiative
and noted for his part that Kesab has a symbolic significance for
the Armenian people.
He later sent a delegation of clergyman to Latakia. The Catholicos
reminded that the same genocide-committed Turkey uses the chance to
strike on the Armenian people.
According to the Armenian Weekly, the armed incursion began on Friday,
March 21, 2014 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 Kesab. The attackers
immediately seized two guard posts overlooking Kesab, 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 Kesab,
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 Kesab, 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, Kesab had, until very recently evaded
major battles in the Syrian conflict. The local Armenian population
had increased in recently 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/755470/syrian-tv-channels-respond-positively-to-armenian-government%E2%80%99s-position-on-kesab-events.html
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
16:37, 26 March, 2014
YEREVAN, MARCH 26, ARMENPRESS: The Syrian TV channels responded
positively to the interest and position of the Government of the
Republic of Armenia on the Kesab events. The Press Secretary of the
National Primacy of Aleppo Zhirayr Reyisyan told Armenpress about
it, adding that the TV channels reminded that a century ago the same
Turks committed a crime against the Armenians. Reyisyan noted that
the direct intervention of Turkey is directed towards not only Syria,
but also the Armenians all over the world.
Concerning the current state in Aleppo, Reyisyan stated that the
torrent of missiles and rockets in the Armenian-populated New Village
district of Aleppo on March 25 caused considerable material losses
to the district's apartments along with the fear, terror and mental
disorders. Earlier the information department of the ARF Aleppo
informed Armenpress that seven rockets and missiles fell on the
residential houses nearby the Church. Armenian young man and woman,
as well as local mother and son were wounded, the condition of which
is out of danger now. "Now heated collisions are taking place in the
suburbs of the city", - said Reyisyan.
Earlier it was reported that the Catholicos of the Great House of
Cilicia Aram I contacted the presidential palace of Syria appealing
to send army to Kesab to provide for the security of the local
population. In his turn the Syria's ambassador to Lebanon visited
Catholicos Aram I in Antelias on March 22, conveying to him Syrian
president Bashar al-Assad's assurances that peace will be restored
in Kesab. The Catholicos welcomed the Syrian President's initiative
and noted for his part that Kesab has a symbolic significance for
the Armenian people.
He later sent a delegation of clergyman to Latakia. The Catholicos
reminded that the same genocide-committed Turkey uses the chance to
strike on the Armenian people.
According to the Armenian Weekly, the armed incursion began on Friday,
March 21, 2014 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 Kesab. The attackers
immediately seized two guard posts overlooking Kesab, 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 Kesab,
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 Kesab, 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, Kesab had, until very recently evaded
major battles in the Syrian conflict. The local Armenian population
had increased in recently 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/755470/syrian-tv-channels-respond-positively-to-armenian-government%E2%80%99s-position-on-kesab-events.html
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress