1 dead, several injured in air strike on Aleppo's Armenian district

PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian-populated district of Aleppo, Nor Gyugh was again hit by rebel air strikes June 2. The attack left Andranik Gantarchian, 57, dead, with his body found under the ruins of a demolished building. Manuk Gazelian and Hovsep Aramian were found injured in neighboring districts, with their condition now stable, Aleppo-based Kantsasar newspaper said in a Facebook post.

Harut Iskenian was wounded in the June 2 rocket attack on the church of Zvartnots.

Air raids on Syria’s Aleppo continued on June 1, leaving with 23 dead and 76 injured. According to Al Mayadin TV channel, government forces took control of 6 more villages to the north of Aleppo.

According to Kantsasar, Zare Kakhkedjian and Hrachya Paytyan were taken to hospital with injuries after Armenian district of Nor Gyugh was attacked.

On the evening of May 30, Syrian rebels dropped 22 barrel bombs on Nor Gyugh, leaving 22 dead and 77 injured.

Clashes continue in the eastern suburbs of Damascus, with central quarters of the city regularly hit by air strikes, Perio News Facebook page said, citing Azdaq.

On May 29, father and daughter, Ruben and Maro Danielian were wounded in a mine explosion in a Damascus district.

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 100 Armenians died in Syria during 3 years of war.