  2 ethnic Armenian servicemen killed in Syria May 12, 2014 - 17:18 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - 2 Armenians were killed and 1 injured in Syria on May 11. Syrian army serviceman Hakob Grtanian was killed in a missile attack on Aleppo’s Armenian district of Nor Gyugh. Vardan Andreyan was killed in Kessab clashes, Saro Papuchian was injured, Perio News reported on its Facebook page. Earlier, 2 Armenians died as Armenian districts of Aleppo were shelled, with a 7th grade student Khazhak Zhakomchnyan injured. 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 100 Armenians died in Syria during 3 years of war.  Top stories Ruben Vardanyan expressed conviction that his people will stay strong amid Azerbaijan’s blockade of the Lachin corridor. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had a telephone conversation with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov. Rosa Linn took the opportunity to take her stance against the ongoing blockade of Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh. Moscow has urged Yerevan against “practicing scholasticism” and instead continue working together to achieve a comprehensive implementation of agreements.   Partner news |  Latest news Khachanov thanks Armenian, Russian fans for cheering him  Karen Khachanov has thanked Armenian and Russian fans for sheering him in his games at the Australian Open.Armenia wants PACE fact-finding mission in Karabakh Armenia has submitted to PACE a proposal to send a fact-finding mission to the Lachin corridor, Ruben Rubinyan says.Ex-President wants victorious army without “weak, immoral leader” Sargsyan said the nations needs to get rid of “a weak and immoral leader” in order to have a victorious army.“The sun will come up”: Pashinyan apologizes to fallen soldiers' parents Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has apologized to all the parents whose children died in the army. |
