Re: Bashar al-Assad, Syria and the Armenian people
DEMOKRAT HABER: LOOTERS OF ARMENIAN HOUSES IN KESSAB SPOKE TURKISH
14:40 27/03/2014 " SOCIETY
Opposition Turkish media actively cover the events in the
Armenian-populated town of Kessab in Syria neighboring with the
Turkish province of Hatay and in nearby districts.
Citing information received from Syrian Armenians, Demokrat Haber
reports that looters of Armenian houses in Kessab speak Turkish.
When Kessab resident Ani Boymushakyan called the office of the
Armenian Evangelical Church in Kessab, jihadists fighting against
Assad answered in Turkish. According to another Armenian, when he
called his apartment after moving to Latakia, rebels answered, who
he said also spoke Turkish.
On March 21, the Armenian-populated town of Kessab in Syria was
attacked by armed bands from three points in Turkey. The Armenian
residents were forced to abandon the town and were evacuated to
neighboring Latakia.
DEMOKRAT HABER: LOOTERS OF ARMENIAN HOUSES IN KESSAB SPOKE TURKISH
14:40 27/03/2014 " SOCIETY
Opposition Turkish media actively cover the events in the
Armenian-populated town of Kessab in Syria neighboring with the
Turkish province of Hatay and in nearby districts.
Citing information received from Syrian Armenians, Demokrat Haber
reports that looters of Armenian houses in Kessab speak Turkish.
When Kessab resident Ani Boymushakyan called the office of the
Armenian Evangelical Church in Kessab, jihadists fighting against
Assad answered in Turkish. According to another Armenian, when he
called his apartment after moving to Latakia, rebels answered, who
he said also spoke Turkish.
On March 21, the Armenian-populated town of Kessab in Syria was
attacked by armed bands from three points in Turkey. The Armenian
residents were forced to abandon the town and were evacuated to
neighboring Latakia.





But it was predictable for Armenians to see it through the lens of their own experiences, he told The Bug Pit. "Now it would of course be desirable for the Turkish government to have the necessary sensitivity to this subjective reality and give Syrian Armenians some kind special treatment, but it appears demands of military necessity have overruled that and the attack on Kessab was staged as a diversionary move to relieve rebels that have been hammered by Assad's forces along the Damascus-Latakia corridor," he said. "That is of course of little relevance to most if not all Armenians and they will perceive it through the subjective lenses, just like everyone else does."

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