1000 Syrian Armenians returned to Kessab, historian saysNovember 10, 2015 - 13:41 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Around 1000 Armenians have returned to Kessab, a Syrian-Armenian historian told reporters on Tuesday, November 10. “Armenians fleeing Aleppo contrbuted to the increase of population in Kessab, with the situation in the town relatively stable,” Gevorg Yazchian said, according to Panorama.am. Yazchian noted that 50 Armenian civilians have been killed in Syria so far. Besides, 10 soldiers of Armenian descent have died in the army, while another 50 Armenians have been injured. Referring to Aleppo, the historian said some 15.000-17.000 Armenians out of the 45.000-50.000-member community have left the city for their historic homeland, about the same number of people having fled to Beirut. “Some Syrian Armenians have relocated to the Kurdish areas in the country’s northeast and are being treated well enough,” Yazchian said. The historian noted that a considerable part of Syrian Armenians had no intention to ever return to their homes, having lost everything there. Quite a lot of Syrian Armenians, however, have applied for visas to go abroad. Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. Partner news | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. |