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ATTACK ON KESSAB NOT ONLY SYRIANS' AND ARMENIANS' MATTER - ORINATS YERKIR
March 28, 2014 | 14:25
YEREVAN. - The attack on Syria's predominantly Armenian-populated
town of Kessab is not solely a matter of the Armenians and the Syrians.
Armenia coalition government's junior member Orinats Yerkir (Rule of
Law) Party (RLP) Vice-Chairman Mher Shahgeldyan, who is also Secretary
of the RLP National Assembly (NA) Faction, stated the aforesaid at
Friday's NA briefings.
"There is a risk of the physical extermination of the residents of
that town, and this makes us follow the situation, especially since
more than 100,000 refugees from Syria are in Armenia [at present],"
he added.
In Shahgeldyan's words, the Armenian leadership already expressed
its concern over the existing situation.
"The international power centers need to enable, by diplomatic and
other means, the refugees to return to their native places," the RLP
MP concluded.
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 are currently sheltered in Latakia city. On March 23, Turkish
fighter planes downed a Syrian military aircraft that was conducting a
mission against the Islamic terrorists in Kessab. On Monday, a group
of Armenia parliament members headed to Syria to assess the situation
in the country.
Photo by Arsen Sargsyan/NEWS.am
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March 28, 2014 | 14:25
YEREVAN. - The attack on Syria's predominantly Armenian-populated
town of Kessab is not solely a matter of the Armenians and the Syrians.
Armenia coalition government's junior member Orinats Yerkir (Rule of
Law) Party (RLP) Vice-Chairman Mher Shahgeldyan, who is also Secretary
of the RLP National Assembly (NA) Faction, stated the aforesaid at
Friday's NA briefings.
"There is a risk of the physical extermination of the residents of
that town, and this makes us follow the situation, especially since
more than 100,000 refugees from Syria are in Armenia [at present],"
he added.
In Shahgeldyan's words, the Armenian leadership already expressed
its concern over the existing situation.
"The international power centers need to enable, by diplomatic and
other means, the refugees to return to their native places," the RLP
MP concluded.
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 are currently sheltered in Latakia city. On March 23, Turkish
fighter planes downed a Syrian military aircraft that was conducting a
mission against the Islamic terrorists in Kessab. On Monday, a group
of Armenia parliament members headed to Syria to assess the situation
in the country.
Photo by Arsen Sargsyan/NEWS.am
News from Armenia - NEWS.am