1000 Syrian Armenians returned to Kessab, historian says

PanARMENIAN.Net - Around 1000 Armenians have returned to Kessab, a Syrian-Armenian historian told reporters on Tuesday, November 10.

“Armenians fleeing Aleppo contrbuted to the increase of population in Kessab, with the situation in the town relatively stable,” Gevorg Yazchian said, according to Panorama.am.

Yazchian noted that 50 Armenian civilians have been killed in Syria so far. Besides, 10 soldiers of Armenian descent have died in the army, while another 50 Armenians have been injured.

Referring to Aleppo, the historian said some 15.000-17.000 Armenians out of the 45.000-50.000-member community have left the city for their historic homeland, about the same number of people having fled to Beirut.

“Some Syrian Armenians have relocated to the Kurdish areas in the country’s northeast and are being treated well enough,” Yazchian said.

The historian noted that a considerable part of Syrian Armenians had no intention to ever return to their homes, having lost everything there. Quite a lot of Syrian Armenians, however, have applied for visas to go abroad.