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Turkey supported Jabhat Al-Islamiyya militants destroy Armenian
cathedral in Syria's Aleppo
January 10, 2015 By administrator
Militants from the Islamic Front's (Jabhat Al-Islamiyya) largest
milita Harakat 'Ahrar Al-Sham (Liberators of the Levant Movement)
fired multiple mortar shells Friday, Jan 9, at the St. Rita Cathedral
in the Al-Tillal District, resulting in the exterior destruction of
this historical Armenian Catholic Church in the Aleppo Governorate,
Al-Masdar News reported.
The St. Rita Cathedral has been targeted by Harakat 'Ahrar Al-Sham on
numerous occasions; it holds no strategic advantage to these
militants, due to the fact that civilians - specifically, Aleppo's
large Armenian community - attend this church. Non-Armenian Catholic
civilians occasionally utilize the Cathedral's wells because of the
absence of water in some communities due to the obstruction of the
water flow to the people of Aleppo.
According to a source in the area, no civilians were harmed as a
result of this callous attack on the Cathedral; however, there were a
number of hellfire cannons fired into the surrounding civilian
neighborhoods by the militants of Harakat 'Ahrar Al-Sham.
The attack on the St. Rita Cathedral in Al-Tillal comes 4 months after
the destruction of the Armenian Genocide Memorial by militants from
the Islamic State in the Deir ez-Zor province.
Syria's Armenian community is one of the largest in the Middle East -
the city of Aleppo was a safe haven for many Armenians attempting to
flee the Armenian Genocide committed by the Ottoman Turks.
Photo: Almasdar News
Related links:
Al-Masdar News. Armenian Cathedral Destroyed by the Rebels in Aleppo
http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/armenian-cathedral-destroyed-rebels-aleppo/
http://www.gagrule.net/turkey-supported-jabhat-al-islamiyya-militants-destroy-armenian-cathedral-syrias-aleppo/
cathedral in Syria's Aleppo
January 10, 2015 By administrator
Militants from the Islamic Front's (Jabhat Al-Islamiyya) largest
milita Harakat 'Ahrar Al-Sham (Liberators of the Levant Movement)
fired multiple mortar shells Friday, Jan 9, at the St. Rita Cathedral
in the Al-Tillal District, resulting in the exterior destruction of
this historical Armenian Catholic Church in the Aleppo Governorate,
Al-Masdar News reported.
The St. Rita Cathedral has been targeted by Harakat 'Ahrar Al-Sham on
numerous occasions; it holds no strategic advantage to these
militants, due to the fact that civilians - specifically, Aleppo's
large Armenian community - attend this church. Non-Armenian Catholic
civilians occasionally utilize the Cathedral's wells because of the
absence of water in some communities due to the obstruction of the
water flow to the people of Aleppo.
According to a source in the area, no civilians were harmed as a
result of this callous attack on the Cathedral; however, there were a
number of hellfire cannons fired into the surrounding civilian
neighborhoods by the militants of Harakat 'Ahrar Al-Sham.
The attack on the St. Rita Cathedral in Al-Tillal comes 4 months after
the destruction of the Armenian Genocide Memorial by militants from
the Islamic State in the Deir ez-Zor province.
Syria's Armenian community is one of the largest in the Middle East -
the city of Aleppo was a safe haven for many Armenians attempting to
flee the Armenian Genocide committed by the Ottoman Turks.
Photo: Almasdar News
Related links:
Al-Masdar News. Armenian Cathedral Destroyed by the Rebels in Aleppo
http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/armenian-cathedral-destroyed-rebels-aleppo/
http://www.gagrule.net/turkey-supported-jabhat-al-islamiyya-militants-destroy-armenian-cathedral-syrias-aleppo/