On Friday March 21st the village of Kessab, a historically Christian Armenian region in Syria which borders Turkey, was the object of violent attacks. Turkey reportedly allowed hundreds of radical foreign fighters to cross its border and attack the civilian population. Within days of the launched attack from Turkey, nearly the entire population of Christian Armenians have fled to neighboring Latakia and Bassit to avoid slaughter. Civilians who were not able to flee have reportedly been taken hostage and their homes looted. For Armenians around the world, these horrifying events revive bitter memories of the genocide of the Armenians by Ottoman Turkish authorities from 1915-1923.
Posted on: Wed, 02 Apr 2014 12:19:52 +0000
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