Turkey-backed groups building mosque in Yazidi village where no Muslim livesOctober 13, 2020 - 15:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkish-backed groups are planning to build a mosque in the Yazidi village of Basoufan in Afrin, Syria, where not a single Muslim lives, according to a statement from the Syrian Yazidi groups. Since the Turkish-backed Islamist group took control of Ras al-Ayn, Afrin, Tell Abyad and other Syrian areas, they have been robbing the residents' homes, plundering their properties and cutting down their trees in broad daylight in order to displace them and settle Idlib families in those areas instead, the statement says. Yazidi organizations say those groups are also exhuming graves, stealing antiquities and property, and demolishing symbols and shrines of the Yazidis. Turkey-backed Islamists are building the mosque on the ruins of old cemeteries and in the schoolyard, in a village populated by Yazidis only. And every time residents object to such violations, they are accused of affiliation and support for the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. 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. |