  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 Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. 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.   Partner news |  Latest news U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west  Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow.Power of One Dram sums up two-year program with Teach for Armenia Idram Junior also joined the companies during the visit, bringing with it a fascinating intellectual game for childrenYerevan Mayor to travel to Paris on May 15-19 The official delegation headed by Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan will travel to Paris from May 15 to 19.Armenia, India hold first defense consultations The meeting was attended by Indian Ambassador Nilakshi Saha Sinha and Defense Attaché Brigadier General Naveen Nijhawan. |
