2 Armenians killed in Aleppo shellingMay 1, 2014 - 15:21 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - 2 Armenians died as Armenian districts of Aleppo were shelled, with a 7th grade student Khazhak Zhakomchnyan injured, PerioNews reported. On April 29, Raffi Hekimyan died of a gunshot wound; a Syrian army solder Armenian Willian Makaryan, 25, was killed in action on April 30. At least 150,000 people have been killed in Syria's three-year-old civil war, a third of them civilians, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Before the civil war, Syria was home to 80000 Armenians. At present, about 20000 left the country – mainly for Armenia, Lebanon and the U.S. About 100000 Armenians died in Syria during 3 years of war. Related links: Top stories The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. London’s Armenian community has been left feeling “under attack” after the city’s Genocide monument was vandalised. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. Armenia to sing in 2nd semi-final of Eurovision The organizers of Eurovision 2024 have revealed the running order of the countries in the two semi-finals. |