Syrian Armenian woman, 10-year-old son go missing on way to Germany

PanARMENIAN.Net - An Armenian woman and her 10-year-old son have gone missing on their way from Syria to Germany, Arevelk reports. Their relatives said they haven't heard from them for a week.

Trying to reach Germany, the woman, her son and daughter lost each other, with the latter managing to somehow find shelter in Turkey.

Unable to find out anything about her family, the girl, however, heard about a drowned ship, with the majority of passengers having died on their way from Turkey to Greece. Her mother and brother’s deaths have not been confirmed though.

Anti-government protests developed into a civil war that four years on has grown to a stalemate, with the Assad government, Islamic State, an array of Syrian rebels and Kurdish fighters all holding territory.

More than 250,000 Syrians have been killed and a million injured. Some 11,5 million others have been forced from their homes, of whom four million have fled abroad - including growing numbers who are making the dangerous journey to Europe.

Iran, Russia and Lebanon's Hezbollah movement are propping up the Alawite-led Assad government, while Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar back the more moderate Sunni-dominated opposition, along with the U.S., UK and France. Hezbollah and Iran have pro-Assad forces on the ground, while a Western-led coalition and Russia are carrying out air strikes.