Armenian severely injured in Aleppo blast![]() January 16, 2013 - 15:46 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - An Armenian-born student was severely injured in Aleppo University blasts, Foreign Ministry spokesman Tigran Balayan told PanARMENIAN.Net According to preliminary data, the student was identified as Sarkis Bedros. Twin blasts inside a university campus in Syria's largest city set cars on fire, blew walls off dormitory rooms and left more than 80 people dead. The cause of Tuesday, January 15 explosions remained unclear. Anti-regime activists trying to topple President Bashar Assad's regime said his forces carried out two air strikes. Syrian state media, for its part, blamed rebels fighting the government, saying they fired rockets that struck the campus. Partner news Bako Sahakyan signed a decree to award Ararat Avanesyan and Arthur Gasparyan with “For the Liberation of Shushi” medal. 200 ceasefire violations by the Azeri armed forces were reported at the line of contact between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan. “There was a great deal of new and interesting research presented during the conference,” said ANC of Illinois activist Greg Bedian. The Turkish government aggressively pushed for Turkey's inclusion in Investment Partnership between the U.S. and EU. Partner news |