100 Russians evacuated from Syria March 13, 2013 - 09:53 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A Russian emergencies ministry’s plane left Syria on Tuesday, March 12 with over 100 people from Russia and former Soviet republics, who decided to leave the country amid the ongoing conflict, a spokeswoman for the ministry said, according to RIA Novosti. “An Ilyushin Il-62 aircraft took off from the Latakia airport at 18:40 Moscow time [2:40 pm GMT] with 103 people on board, including 39 children, with nine newborns out of them,” spokeswoman Irina Rossius said. The plane, which initially brought to Syria humanitarian aid last week, returns to the Domodevo airport in Moscow with 76 Russians, 10 Ukrainians, six Belarusians, four Kazakhs, six Moldovans and one Uzbek national, she added. Russia closed its Consulate General in the northwestern Syrian city of Aleppo in January, but the Russian embassy in Damascus remains open to date. About 70,000 people have died in Syria since the start of the uprising against President Assad in March 2011, according to the UN. Partner news  Top stories Only three senators on the committee - Republican Ron Paul and Democrats Tom Udall and Chris Murphy - opposed the bill. If true, the exclusion of Rafsanjani and Mashaie would leave the presidential race dominated by hardline conservatives. Amy Elliott, chief administrative officer of the Oklahoma medical examiner's office, said 51 were confirmed dead. An Islamist insurgency, once confined largely to the republic of Chechnya, has spread across the North Caucasus in recent years.   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.OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs won’t visit Artsakh French Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Jacques Faure said the co-chairs are not planning a visit to Nagorno Karabakh.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.Baku says OSCE Minsk Group activity yielded “certain results” Bahar Muradova says the report of the political committee of the OSCE PA summer session comprises provisions on the conflict. |
