  Syria rebels seize Aleppo’s Armenian-inhabited district August 21, 2012 - 15:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Free Syrian Army has taken Aleppo’s Armenian-inhabited district, the founder of “Outreach to Syrian Armenians” Facebook page said. As writer/publicist Anahit Adamyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, Syrian rebels yesterday, Aug. 20 claimed to be heading to the city’s Azize, Jamilie, Midan districts, having asked the local Christian population to offer assistance to Free Syrian Army in their mission. Fixed phone service outage is common in the city, with no mobile and Internet services operating. As Aleppo-based Armenian told Ms. Adamyan earlier, government forces had banned population from leaving their houses and offering shelter to rebels. Facebook page founder further noted that clashes had been recorded outside the National Primacy building. Partner news  Top stories Last month, renowned Turkish pianist Fazıl Say was also handed a suspended 10-month prison sentence for blasphemy. Recent Azeri “examination” concerns a world-famed soprano Montserrat Caballe who’ll perform and give master classes in Yerevan on June 9. Valadao spoke about the importance of affirming the Genocide at the April 24th Congressional Observance on Capitol Hill. Sergei Lavrov noted that the current "status quo is unacceptable for Azerbaijan, Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh people."   Partner news |  Latest news German scientists ready to include Armenian petroglyphs in UNESCO list  The scientists conducted a survey of ancient rock art, with a database of Armenian petroglyphs to be later developed.Penguin reaches $75mln agreement in iBooks price fixing lawsuit In a press release, Penguin's parent company, Pearson, noted it had made a $40 million provision for settlement in its 2012 accounts.Diplomats say Iran installed 700 high-tech centrifuges The new IR-2m centrifuges are believed to be able to enrich two to five times faster than the old machines.FBI agent kills man in Boston bombings case The agent shot in self-defense in the incident, which occurred at Todashev's house, the law enforcement source said. |
