The truth about Syria

Arpa · June 13, 2014

GOOD NEWS? BAD NEWS?

Good News, that seems like those al-qaeda terrorist murderes are moving east and out of Aleppo, to Mosul and Baghdad.

The bad news is, in either case Armenians are being murdered, be it by default or design, collateral damage?

See resumption and continuation of the Genocide by HH Garegin II . See #975 above .

It is reminiscent of what that dog talaat kaka said that= "Only one Armenian will remain in a museum".

http://dailycaller.com/2014/06/12/report-iranian-troops-already-battling-terrorists-inside-iraq/

- The Daily Caller - http://dailycaller.com -
Report: Iranian Troops Already Battling Terrorists Inside Iraq
Posted By Brendan Bordelon On 4:59 PM 06/12/2014 In | No Comments
Troops from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard are already operating in Iraq, fighting alongside Iraqi forces against a lightning military offensive driven by ultra-violent Sunni Islamists.
The Wall Street Journal reports that two battalions of Quds Forces, Irans foreign-deployed special forces who are already battling Islamist rebels across Syria, have been redeployed to the central Iraqi town of Tikrit the birthplace of Saddam Hussein just 100 miles from the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.
Representatives from the two Shiite Muslim governments confirmed that joint Iraqi-Iranian forces recaptured around 85 percent of Tikrit from Sunni fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), which had rolled into town just a few hours previously.
The news of collaboration between a nominal American ally and a longtime archenemy comes as the Iraqi state unravels. On Tuesday, the northern city of Mosul Iraqs second-largest fell to ISIS, sparking a massive humanitarian crisis as up to 500,000 people fled the bloodthirsty terror group.
Reports indicate that the Iraqi military abandoned their posts without firing a shot, leaving behind large caches of military equipment paid for with U.S. taxpayer dollars. ISIS has since repurposed this equipment for their ongoing sweep south to Baghdad.
The terror group is already alleged to have carried out mass beheadings of Shia infidels and has promised to march on the Shiite holy cities of Najaf and Karbala likely prompting Iran to rush to the aid of their co-religionists.
In addition to deploying special forces to buttress a collapsing Iraqi military, Iran has fortified its western border and warned ISIS they will bomb any forces coming within 62 miles of its frontier.
Iraq has also requested U.S. assistance in the face of the implacable ISIS advance, reportedly requesting American airstrikes against armored terrorist columns.
President Obama says he [doesn't] rule out anything in terms of assistance to the government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. And on Thursday morning Vice President Joe Biden spoke with Maliki, promising to intensify and accelerate U.S. support for Iraqs security forces.
Neither the Iranian or American governments appear to have yet reacted to the fact that they are both supporting the Iraqi government an odd turn for two nations locked in a cold war for the last 35 years.

Edited June 13, 2014 by Arpa

Arpa · June 15, 2014

GOOD NEWS!!!

Attaboy Bashar!

I hope he chases those dogs to wherever the hell they came from. Not stop there. Liberate Musaneri Ler and all of Alexandretta.

(Related news. Those terrorists have moved out of Syria, to Iraq)

http://asbarez.com/124113/militants-being-driven-out-of-kessab/

Kessab Liberated [update]

LATAKIA, SyriaSources in and around the mainly-Armenian-populated town of Kessab indicate that the rebel and al Qaeda-affiliated militants, who seized the town in March through the Turkish border, have withdrawn from Kessab.

The Aleppo-based Gandzasar newspaper is reporting that Syrian army forces have advance onto the city square and now control more than two-thirds of the strategic town.

Most fighters from Al-Nusra and the other rebel groups pulled out, leaving behind only a small number of men, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Troops loyal to President Bashar Assads regime sent tanks to nearby villages, signaling an imminent army advance on the border town.

Activists confirmed the account, adding the rebel fighters and the Al-Nusra Front, the Syrian al-Qaida affiliate, withdrew to rebel strongholds in the Jabal al-Akrad area.

Follow Asbarez for this developing

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When the Kesabtsis return home, they should arm themselves to the teeth with deadly weapons.

Once Iraq , Syria and their allies cleanse their countries of those dogs they should turn their guns at ankakara, Doha, Ryadh and telaviv.

Yervant1 · June 16, 2014

Sunday, June 15th, 2014 | Posted by Asbarez Staff

‘Stability and Security’ Being Restored in Kessab

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Security being restored in Kessab

DAMASCUS, ALEPPO–On Sunday morning the Syrian Army officially announced its recapture of the mainly-Armenian populated town of Kessab and said that it had “restored stability and security” in that town, which was attacked by al Qaeda-linked terrorists who stormed the area from Turkey, reported Reuters.

The Army also said that engineering teams were removing mines and explosives planted by “terrorist gangs,” and that entry into the city was restricted until that operation was completed.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said clashes in the area continued from around midnight on Saturday night, but did not give casualty figures

The withdrawal of most rebel forces from the village – including some linked to al-Qaida – is another blow to an opposition that has been undermined by recent gains by Assad’s forces and by infighting, reported Reuters.

The al Qaeda-affiliated militants began abandoning Kessab on Saturday, and by the evening,
the Aleppo-based Gandzasar newspaper reported that Syrian army forces had advanced onto the city square and seized control of the strategic town.

Yervant1 · June 16, 2014

Assyrian International News Agency AINA
June 14 2014

Syrian Rebels, Jihadists Withdraw From Town Near Turkey
Posted 2014-06-14 21:14 GMT

(AFP) -- Syrian rebels and their allies the jihadist Al-Nusra Front on
Saturday withdrew from Kasab, a strategic village on the border with
Turkey they seized in March, a monitoring group said.

Most fighters from Al-Nusra and the other rebel groups pulled out,
"leaving behind only a small number" of men, said the Syrian
Observatory for Human Rights.

Troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad's regime sent tanks to
nearby villages, signalling an imminent army advance on the border
town.

The rebels pulled back as regime forces backed by pro-regime fighters,
among them members of the powerful Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah,
advanced on the nearby village of Nabaein, the Observatory said.

Activists confirmed the account, adding the rebel fighters and the
Al-Nusra Front, the Syrian Al-Qaeda affiliate, withdrew to rebel
strongholds in the Jabal al-Akrad area.

Kasab, an Armenian town, is strategically important because it is
located near the only border crossing with Turkey in sensitive Latakia
province, the heartland of the Alawite sect from which Assad hails.

When the crossing fell from government hands in March, it was the last
functioning border post with Turkey to slip from army control.

http://www.aina.org/news/20140614161409.htm

Arpa · June 17, 2014

THE CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST

See all the news emanating from Iraq. Too many to cite. :saddam:

I am so glad those Cowardly Chickens are coming home to roost.

I am so glad that those cowardly murderous chickens have left(?) Syria and gone back to their mothers $%^&* where they were hatched.

http://sketchedout.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/chicken-stuff2_2.jpg

I am so glad that those chickens have left Kessab and gone to the house of kassab/butcher slaughterhouse./ՍՊԱՆԴԱՆԱՈՑ***

Remember who hatched and gave birth to those chickens, from the Afghani Taliban to the Iraqi Al Qaeda .

Who financed and armed them?

Against whom???

The talmudic tower of telaviv?

COWARDLY CHICKENS!!!

No!!.

The Twin Towers of NYC, 9:11?

Remember that 18 of the 19 were saudis.

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/chickens-come-home-to-roost.html

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Size=4]The chickens come home to roost[/size]
Meaning=Bad deeds or words return to discomfort their perpetrator.
Origin=The notion of bad deeds, specifically curses, coming back to haunt their originator is long established in the English language and was expressed in print as early as 1390, when Geoffrey Chaucer used it in The Parson's Tale:
And ofte tyme swich cursynge wrongfully retorneth agayn to hym that curseth, as a bryd that retorneth agayn to his owene nest.
The allusion that was usually made was to a bird returning to its nest at nightfall, which would have been a familiar one to a medieval audience. Other allusions to unwelcome returns were also made, as in the Elizabethan play The lamentable and true tragedie of Arden of Feversham, 1592:
For curses are like arrowes shot upright, Which falling down light on the suters [shooter's] head.
Chickens didn't enter the scene until the 19th century when a fuller version of the phrase was used as a motto on the title page of Robert Southey's poem The Curse of Kehama, 1810:
"Curses are like young chicken: they always come home to roost."

***See how Many of us have Kassabian as family names.

Yervant1 · June 17, 2014

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Monday, June 16th, 2014

Kessab Families Return to Assess Damage, Plan Return

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A decorative window grate from a church lies damaged on the ground

KESSAB, Syria—About a dozen Armenian families returned to Kessab Monday to assess the damage to residential areas and plan their return to this mostly-Armenian populated town, which was besieged by attacks in late March by Al Qaeda-linked militants who entered from Turkey forcing the evacuation of the population.

The priest of the Armenian Catholic Church in Kessab, Rev. Nareg Luisian told Armenpress that Armenian families were returning to assess the damage to their houses, as the town continues to face serious infrastructural issues such as lack of water, electricity, telephone communications and other essentials to resume daily life.

The Armenian community has appealed to the Syrian authorities urging them to restore those services and ensure safe passage of Armenians, who have sought refuge in nearby Latakia, Lebanon and other areas in the vicinity.

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A damaged residential building in Kessab

Luisian pointed out that the kitchens in homes have seen the most damage as they were indiscriminately used by the insurgents who had invaded people’s homes.

Luisian added that all community centers, schools, churches have either been burned or have sustained significant damages as a result of the militant attacks on the town. Luisian also detailed the damage to the St. Michael Armenian Catholic Church, highlighting that the church altar has been destroyed and its cross stolen.

“Kessab will flourish again,” said Luisian adding that the Armenians of Kessab will, once again, bring life to this ancestral city and last vestige of Western Armenia.

Sources in and around Kessab indicated on Sunday that the rebel and al Qaeda-affiliated militants, who seized the town in March through the Turkish border, had withdrawn from Kessab.

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A community center is left burnt and hollowed out

The Aleppo-based Gandzasar newspaper is reporting that Syrian army forces have advance onto the city square and now control more than two-thirds of the strategic town.

Troops loyal to President Bashar Assad’s regime sent tanks to nearby villages, signaling an imminent army advance on the border town.

Activists confirmed the account, adding that the rebel fighters withdrew to rebel strongholds in the Jabal al-Akrad area.

Yervant1 · June 18, 2014

250 FAMILIES RETURN TO KESSAB

12:24 17.06.2014

Kessab

Following the Syrian Army's sweeping victory against the armed groups
in the major town of Kassab in Lattakia countryside, 250 families
returned Monday to their houses, SANA agency reports.

A source in Lattakia told the agency that the basic services would be
back into the town during three days to mend what has been destroyed.

Governor of Lattakia Province, Ahmad Sheikh Abdul-Qader, called on
all establishments concerned to speed up the process of rehabilitating
the infrastructure in the city.

In a tour accompanied by an official delegation, the governor inspected
the situation of the mostly Armenian-populated Kassab city and the
damage caused to the infrastructure due to the acts of the armed
terrorist groups.

In a statement to reporters, the governor stressed that all basic
services will be back to the city within 3 days after repairing what
has been damaged by the armed terrorist groups.

For his part, Mayor of Kassab, Waskin Jabrian, said that 250 displaced
families have returned to the city while the others are still waiting
for repairing the infrastructure.

http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/06/17/250-families-return-to-kessab/

Yervant1 · June 18, 2014

Very long read, but worth reading it's like hearing from the horses mouth!

A VOICE FROM KASSAB
CounterCurrents.org
June 17 2014

By Judith Bello
17 June, 2014
Countercurrents.org

I was with a group of 5 Americans, 3 Canadians and an Irishman who
went to observe the Syrian election, but there were other observers
from Asia, Africa and South America. On the way there, I thought about
having a particular angle to report from, and I decided that since
there weren't many women observers that I would talk to other women
and try to get their perspective on the election, but also on life
in Syria before and after the war. I wanted to look at the issues
from a less politicized perspective than most of what you hear and
read on the subject of the war in Syria, and Assad's election.

I did meet and interview number of women in Syria, and I found myself
in contact with another woman when I got back, an American named
Lilly Martin living in Syria with her Syrian husband. When I heard
that Lilly had a house in the town of Kassab that had been destroyed
during the recent period of occupation by 'rebel' forces (actually,
al Nusra Front I think) , I wanted to know more. Kassab, an Armenian
town near the Turkish border, was occupied during March of this year
and only liberated by the Syrian Army a few days ago. I asked Lilly
via email if she would be willing to do a written interview through
email and she agreed.

Because Lilly is a middle class American and has lived much of her
life in this country, her voice is familiar. She says that she had
not considered herself an 'activist' since the Vietnam War. She says
she had not thought of herself as a feminist before now. But, she
says this war has changed her. Not everyone will agree with Lilly's
perspective, but it is honest, and not unfamiliar. I am very grateful
to her for sharing her insights and experiences. What follows are my
questions and Lilly's answers.

Judy: How did you come to live in Syria?

Lilly: I married in 1978 in California a young kid my same age who was
originally from Syria, but had migrated to USA and had left Syria in
1970. We were married and living in California from 1978 to 1994. He
was in the real estate business and I was a medical professional. We
had 2 sons born in CA, then moved to Syria to be close to his parents
and siblings. My parents had died, and my only brother was living in
Singapore teaching.

Judy: How long have you lived in Kassab and did you live in Syria
before that?

Lilly: I have lived in the city of Latakia from 1994 until present.

Latakia is a mid-size city, it is a beach resort for summer tourism
and a Port for shipping. I visited Latakia first in 1986, then in
1990, and finally moved here in 1994. The home I lost in Kassab is my
summer house, as Kassab is a high mountain village, and many people
have a summer house there. Kassab is about 2000 pop and is Armenian,
but the summer-house-people are of other sects. Kassab used to be
a frequent summer spot for Saudi and Kuwaiti families seeking cool
breezes. They would drive up from "Arabia".

Judy: What was your life like in Kassab before the war?

Lilly : My life in Latakia from 1994 to March 2011 was wonderful. I
had a great group of friends, they were all females, some Syria and
some western women. We had regular meetings and I called them 'The
Ladies Club'. That 'club' was broken up by this war, because some
of the ladies backed the 'revolution' and some did not. I did not,
so we have never met again, after a famous Christmas party in 2011,
where I simply stated, "My Christmas prayer is: God please stop the
terrorists". Half the group attacked me viciously, they said that
there were no terrorists, only freedom fighters. When I said, "But,
they are making bombs and throwing them everywhere indiscriminately!"

They countered, "They have to defend themselves." I never did get
their logic of throwing a bomb into a shopping center in order to
defend themselves.

My kids had free education, and really a good education system in both
Arabic and English, mandatory. My kids went to University for FREE,
which is the right of all Syria students, as long as the grades are
kept up. We had free medical, hospital, surgeries, etc. Medicines were
so cheap, because Syria was a large manufacturer of pharmaceuticals,
with export to over 32 countries. Free education and Free medical. What
more do you want?

Latakia is a easy-going place, there are no dress codes or restrictions
here. Everyone got along and in 1994-March 2011 there were no uprising,
no riots, no sectarian strife. The government and police were strong,
so criminal activity was very low, no one had hand guns other than
police and Army. No robberies, no car-jackings, no armed robbery,
no bank robbery. There was regular crime, like thieves coming in
when people were away, and a car theft, but nothing which involved
a gun. No one had a gun.

Judy: Did you or your loved ones ever have any problem with the
government in Syria

Lilly: I never had any problem with the government. My husband, and
all of his family members, are NOT civil servants, or connected to the
government in anyway. My husband is a self-employed businessman. We
didn't have anyone who was in prison, or in any trouble. It was my
general impression that there was nothing to be afraid of, if you
obeyed the laws, just I would have if I was still living in USA.

Judy: What did you think was happening at the beginning of the
insurgency and where did you think it would lead?

Lilly: We all watched the revolution in Egypt. We wondered if it was
coming to Syria? We all shook our heads and guessed that it would
NOT. I had friends who were a couple of retired teachers from Canada,
who had asked to come to visit Syria in January 2011. We all debated
as to whether there could be any disturbances, and we all concluded
that there was nothing going to happen. They came and we did my famous
'walking-tour' of Damascus. They went home and our revolution began
March 2011.

>From our home, watching TV we watched the coverage of Deraa March 201
unfold. Deraa is a very small and insignificant town. It is so small
and remote, I would venture a guess that 90% of Syrians had never
visited it. I know that the Latakian people had no relationship to
Deraa, they were about 8 hours drive time between the 2 and there was
no exchanges between the 2 places. Deraa was famous for archeology,
and farming, and no much else.

At first, we guessed it must really be an uprising. An actual uprising
of disgruntled people . People who felt oppressed or grievances of some
sort. Then we wondered why were their so many soldiers and policemen
being killed? How could the BBC report a soldiers funeral as coming
under fire from other soldiers? That made no sense. Who were these
snipers on roofs? Once they showed the Omari Mosque was a store-room
for weapons, then we understood the true story. This was a foreign
attack, but disguised as a popular uprising.

If it was really an uprising, then we should see it come to Latakia
eventually. It did, on April 1, 2011. That was the first day. The mayor
and other dignitaries went out to the protesters and asked them "WHAT"
do you all want? They said in reply, "FREEDOM". The mayor asked, "WHAT
does that mean?" No reply. I saw the protesters. They were drug addicts
and weird looking people, and they didn't all look like there were even
from Latakia. Out-side agitators, bused in to create trouble. However,
there were some genuine intellectuals, how were duped into promoting
the cause, which they later dropped when it went to armed rebellion.

People would protest, they would destroy shops, they killed innocent
civilians, they killed soldiers, and police. Next came the President
on TV announcing that they would abolish the emergency law, and they
would send all police and soldiers to watch the protests, but strictly
unarmed. The President thought that the western media was showing the
Syrian police and soldiers as brutal, so by taking away the weapons,
there could be no excesses. I'll never forget that day, the day they
were not allowed to carry a weapon, just to stand and watch.

My friend's son in the Police force, stood and watched, and the
peaceful protesters cut him up with axes. He was buried in a plastic
garbage bag. That was April 2011, from that day on we knew this was
really awful, and had nothing to do with freedom or democracy.

Judy: Were you aware of a part of the population that was not being
well served by the government and who could be used to spearhead a
regional proxy war?

Lilly: The government in Syria was, and is secular. The President
is a minority, but most of his cabinet of ministers are Sunni,
the majority. The Defense Minister, who is directly responsible for
the Military, was a Christian, until the terrorists blew him up in
Damascus, and now he is a Sunni. The Syrian government has never
been a "Alowi Elite", or a "Minority Rule". Those are media mantra,
but are not fact.

My husband and all his relatives are Sunni, the majority, which is
about 60% of the country. Alowi are about 20%, Christians are about
15%, there are about 5% which are Shite. Syria is famous for having 18
sects. The first sectarian strife was instigated by the Ottoman Turks
in 1860. The second sectarian strife was 1980's in Hama, instigated
by Muslim Brotherhood. During the years I have been here there was
no sectarian strife.

Every Syrian is the same under law. Corruption does exist, as it does
all over the middle east, but it was dispersed among all sects. The
reason for this secular government was due to the Ba'ath Party being
the sole ruling party until 2012, when the new constitution abolished
the one party rule. The Ba'ath party was strictly secular, and members
and supporters of the Ba'ath party are among all various sects. It
is still the largest and strongest party. It will take years to build
confidence in other parties.

There was no "under-served, oppressed, unrepresented" portion of
Syrian society. The western media mantra is the SUNNI majority rose
up because they had been downtrodden too long. This is the SUNNI
fantasy. My family are Sunni, and from the average types, nothing
spectacular or different. There is a self-deluded paranoia here,
among under-educated and bigoted Sunnis, who say all their problems
are because the Alowis have all the breaks. No one asks the Sunnis why
do they refuse to take advantage of the FREE education? They decided
that they will do a revolution, strip everything hard earned from
their minority neighbors, and then the yogurt maker will be appointed
Prime Minster. This is their fantasy.

There is a huge cultural difference between Sunni families and Alowi
families here on the coast, which is the Alowi highest concentration.

You find the Alowi families living on an orange farm, the mother and
father are tending to the trees, meanwhile their kids are studying
to be a Doctor, Lawyer and Engineer. Down in the city of Latakia,
you find the Sunni families complaining that their kids have to study
so much, and they have to pay for private tutors because their kids
are not self motivated, and want to drop out of school. These people
are my relatives, and have been through 36 years of marriage. They
need a lot of work, and they need to do it alone.

It was the Sunni population which fostered and participated in the
rebellion. It didn't take much outside agitation to get them into the
streets and demanding that the country should be Sunni only, with all
Christians shipped out to Beirut, and all Alowis slaughtered. That
was the Free Syrian Army's first banners and slogans. The Free Syrian
Army was and is exclusively Sunni. If you can find one FSA soldier who
is from any sect other than Sunni, I will give you $100.00 The FSA is
a bigoted, sectarian terrorist group, who prays upon the uneducated,
and undereducated bigoted people who want to blame all their woes on
the government and their minority neighbors.

The problem with this plan of revolution was that it had very little
support on the ground. The vast majority of Sunnis did not buy it or
accept it or support it.

Judy: What do you think is the role of the US in the current war
against Syria?

Lilly: The US is the founder, inventor and the prime driver of the
attack on the Syrian people for the purpose of regime change. The CIA
admits they started planning and funding this many years ago. I can
understand their wish for regime change, as Syria is a pro-Palestinian
resistance supporter. Those goals are not compatible with US. However,
once they started their plans, and got to the point that they could
see their was no ground support for the removal of the President,
they should have switched gears and given up on the attack, and found
another plan. But, the evil part is to continue killing innocent
unarmed civilians, only because they refuse to be traitors and
refuse to stop fighting terrorists. This is a moral low point for
USA foreign policy.

The funding comes from Saudi Arabia, who is forced to fund by
black-mail. In other words, if they don't fund terrorism, their Royal
family would be taken out over night, in the cause of human rights,
and a new form of government instituted by USA. This could still
happen. The Saudis have to be very docile, if they act too strong,
the US will cut them down to size. The Army and military in Saudi
Arabia are all in the hands of USA.

Judy: Did the people of Kassab have much social or economic commerce
with people on the other side of the border in Turkey before the war?

Lilly : The border crossing at Kassab was very busy before the war.

Trucks of Turkish merchandise coming in, Syrian dress shop owners
going to Turkey for merchandise orders from their factories, shoes
coming in from Turkey, sugar and tea going to Turkey from Syria
(cheaper in Syria). The back and forth business exchanges were daily.

As far as tourism, the Syrians went to Turkey all summer long on bus
trips, going to shops, going to restaurants, to resorts. My own family
took our summer vacation every year in Turkey. We loved it.

Judy: Were there problems with terrorists in Kassab before they took
over the town a few months ago?

Lilly : The road from Latakia to Kassab had remained open all during
the war. People were constantly coming and going between the 2 all
during the war. Even on March 21, the day of invasion, there were
people in Kassab visiting there. There was a place to the EAST of
Kassab, towards Idlib, Qasta Maaf, Selma, Ferloq, Rabia, all those
areas to the EAST of Kassab had experienced problems with terrorists.

But, the coast and Kassab were OK and there had been no previous
attacks. It was a shock and mystery why they would burst into Kassab
on March 21, 2014. I still don't see the military target or strategy.

>From the other side, I can't see why they did it. Massacring 88
unarmed civilians and beheading 13. Why? For what reason? Because
they were Christians?

Judy: Were there internal divisions in or around Kassab where
people were taking divisive political or military stances within
the community?

Lilly : There was nothing whatsoever political going on in Kassab.

2,000 Armenians, Syrian citizens, who are Christian. They were all
small farmers, apples and peaches. Some owned tiny grocery shops,
some owned hand soap factories, small sized, for the production
of Olive Oil and Bay leaf hand soap bars. There were no parties,
no protests, nothing. The Syrian Christians are all of one mind,
which is in support of peace, safety, support of the government. I
have never seen any Syrian Christian say anything about supporting
any rebellion. There could be some Syrian Christians in USA who may
be supporting regime change, but not inside Syria. Christians here
see the rebellion as 100% Sunni and they have no place in it.

Judy : Were people killed when Kassab was overrun or did most people
escape before the terrorists came in?

Lilly: 6 am, March 21, 2014 the terrorists burst in, according to
survivors (I have their names and testimony) the terrorists were a
combination of foreigners, with a few Syrians included. This would
be classic Free Syrian Army. They are Syrians working with various
Al Qaeda. 88 unarmed civilians killed immediately, with 13 of those
beheaded. The survivors ran to Latakia in cars, etc. The survivors
are still sleeping here at the Armenian church in Latakia (I spoke
by cell phone to their media person this morning) 22 very elederly
survivors were kidnapped and taken by force to Turkey, were they were
treated well in a small village 23 kilometers north of Kassab. 11
of them have been brought back to Latakia, via Lebanon and we are
waiting for the other 11.

Judy: Have you been suffering other problems due to the war before
or since the terrorist invasion of Kassab? Have there been shortages
of food or gas and oil, for instance.

Lilly: Since the war began, March 2011, the prices of normal everyday
items of life have risen by 8 times. If an item had cost 100 lira,
it is now 800 lira. I am referring to everything you eat, drink, or
clothes. Many medicines are no longer available. You would have to
go to Lebanon to find them, and at US prices. Gas, food and supplies
are available, but at prices many can not bear. Syria has never
had a welfare program, like money given to the poor. So the poor
are suffering.

For example: my husband sells bulldozers. He has not sold one bulldozer
since March 2011. We have been living off savings, with no income
at all in this period. We are a typical family. Government employees
still have their paychecks, so this helps many. Self employed people
have been hit, and especially factory workers, since all the various
factories were destroyed by FSA.

At certain times we were staying inside city limits, it was too
dangerous to travel. Right now, the roads from Latakia to Homs to
Damascus are all open and OK. There is no travel from Latakia to
Aleppo, that is all terrorist lands.

Judy: What are the conditions under which refugees in Latakia live?

Lilly: The survivors of Kassab have been and still are sleeping at
the Armenian church in Latakia. The church is modern and has water,
kitchen, toilets and plenty of space. It is a church, school and
cultural center all in one. It was renovated about 5 years ago, thank
God for that, it has been put to use. The refugees are well cared
for and have funds donated and are OK for the persent, but they will
need a lot to repair and rebuild their homes in Kassab. Many homes
have been looted and destroyed. Some are burnt up, some demolished.

Judy: How have the conditions of the war affected the circumstances
of women and children in general in Syria?

Lilly: Women and children have suffered a great deal. But the
biggest suffering has been those that LEFT Syria to stay in Turkey,
Lebanon and Jordan. I will discuss the females and kids outside of
Syria later with you. The suffering of those inside Syria, internally
displaced, has been real, but not much more than males. We have many
internally displaced refugees from Aleppo here in Latakia. They have
food, shelter, medicines, and the kids are all in school. They are
suffering because they can't go home. They can't have a normal income.

Judy: I saw a lot of martyrs images in and around Tartous when I was
there . Are many of the men in your community engaged in the fighting
as members of the military?

Lilly: The Syrian Army was ranked #16 in the world prior to the war.

It consisted of 600,000 soldiers. I know many have died, the official
count is 25,000 soldiers dead. The Syrian Army consists of young men
18 and over, healthy and not currently enrolled in University. It is
a compulsory duty. The Syrian Army soldiers are from all 18 different
sects. They are not "Assad loyalist" any more that the US military are
"Obama regime loyalist". Uniformed soldiers in a national Army are
fighting for their country and family, but not necessarily for their
leader or political ideology. The typical American soldier and the
typical Syrian soldier are similar. You wear and uniform and shoot
a gun and no one ever asks you for your political analysis.

The Syrian soldiers who have died in the war are from every family
in every community across Syria. Everyone has lost someone.

Judy: How did you feel about the election? What are your thoughts on
Bashar Assad's continued Presidency?

Lilly: I was very excited about the election, I observed my local
poll and took photos and wrote a report. I had been expecting the
current President to make a big move toward free elections back
in 2007. I could tell when he came to office in 200 he wanted to
make changes. He was very slow, but I am sure he had advisors who
cautioned to go slow. Syria is so conservative, they move slow. I
know that the majority of people support him.

There are people who boycotted the election, they are mainly these
bigoted, sectarian types. If they wanted a Sunni President, they
could have all voted for Dr. Hassan al Nouri, but only 500,000 did.

If you ask any of the revolutionaries who do they want leading, they
have no candidate, no ideas, no goals. They are just dead-heads as far
as I am concerned. All they needed to do was to present a vision of
what they wanted for Syria should the regime fall. If their vision
proposed was acceptable to many, it would have happened. But they
never had a vision, or any plan. They are the blind leading the blind
and wondering why everyone voted for President Assad.

Judy: Do you feel safe going home?

Lilly: I won't feel safe returning to Kassab, to check on my home
there, until all the Armenians go. I will tag-along with them. I
would be afraid of left over bombs, or dead bodies laying around. I
am a bit afraid really. But at some point the all clear will be given
and I will go. I have to.

Judy: Will you be given any assistance with rebuilding?

Lilly: The government has already said there will be funds provided
for rebuilding the whole of the country. The exact amounts, and how
and when, those are in the works. Syria entered into the war with
zero debts. They have paid for many weapons and various supplies,
they were not given any gifts, they paid for everything, but still
have not taken any loans from anyone. This was their goal, to be able
to spend their own money without asking for loans, which could make
you feel tied up later, beholden.

Judy: Is there anything else you would like to share with people
about what is going on in Syria right now?

Lilly: The main thing is for the various countries funding and
supporting the attack on Syria to stop. That means the London 11 group
(formerly known as the Friends of Syria) should be dissolved.

There should be no more paychecks and weapons sent to terrorists to
fight inside Syria. The Rat Line from Benghazi to Iskenderun, Turkey
should be shut. The borders along Turkey, Iraq, Lebanon and Jordan
should be well guarded and terrorists should be prevented from coming
in. if the various sponsors and supporters will stop immediately,
Syrian can slowly recover, clean up and re-build. In the consideration
of humanitarian issues, I would ask that all nations formerly against
Syria cease and desist and let's discuss ways to make Syria a better
place through the UN and other peaceful means.

Judy Bello has traveled to Iran, Iraq, Pakistan and now Syria seeking
to bridge cultural barriers to understanding and network with others
to build a more peaceful and more just society.

http://www.countercurrents.org/bello170614.htm

Yervant1 · June 22, 2014

French TV airs report on Syrian Armenians who returned to historical homeland

June 21, 2014 | 00:09

The France-24 television ofFrance has broadcast a report on the Syrian
Armenians who have returned to their historical homeland, Armenia.

The report indicates that despite great difficulties, they receive
assistance from the Armenian Church and government. In particular, the
aforesaid Syrian Armenians are given Armenian citizenship, and free
elementary school education and medical services.

But, as per the report, some of these Syrian Armenians leave Armenia
to try their luck in Europe and North America.

The reporter also stressed that some Syrian Armenians try to forget
their problems and start life anew in a country that is new to them.

"This is a huge blow to them. All of these people were forced to leave
Turkey nearly one-hundred years ago. It's difficult for them because
all those recollections float before their eyes. This is especially
true for the elderly; they see how history repeats," the reporter
said.

News from Armenia - NEWS.am

Yervant1 · June 24, 2014

BAATH PARTY OFFICIAL: DAMAGES WILL BE PAID TO KASSAB LOCALS

22/06/2014

Lattakia, (SANA) Al-Baath Arab Socialist Party Assistant Regional
Secretary Hilal al-Hilal said damages will be paid to the locals
whose properties had been damaged during a terrorists' takeover of
Kassab town.

Kassab is a scenic Syrian area close to the border with Turkey that
was overran by terrorists backed by the government of the Turkish
Prime Minister late last March.

The terrorists had committed atrocities against the predominately
Armenian population there before the army restored security and
stability to the town earlier this month.

Terrorists left behind a trail of destruction in the area.

http://www.sana.sy/en/?p=3901

Al-Hilal's comments came during his meeting with representatives
of the town, hailing the speed with which the services related to
infrastructure are being restored.

After he inspected the scale of damage in the town, al-Hilal hailed
Kassab's locals who have blazed a trail in steadfastness.

"Terrorists had in mind turning Kassab to a hotbed of terror, but
the army vanquished terrorism there," he affirmed.

M. Ismael

Yervant1 · June 25, 2014

June 24, 2014

Residents return to Kassab

Residents return to Kassab -

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No sooner had the Syrian army declared control over Kessab, the town on the border with Turkey in the countryside north of Latakia, than townspeople and clergy started flowing in to inspect the damage inflicted by the militants during the three months, in an almost complete absence of battles.
“There are no traces of a major battle in the town,” said a resident who visited the area after its liberation, pointing out that his home, just like all other houses in the town, had been looted by armed militants. He explained that “destruction effects are evident in the town square and several houses on the town outskirts were burned down.”
The road to Kessab is safe, according to a military source speaking to As-Safir. The source indicated that despite the accuracy of inspections at checkpoints leading into the town, the nature of the area, the church distribution in it and the active role played by the clergy facilitated the return of citizens to it. The source clarified that numerous young men and clerics entered Kessab when the army took control and that the army had also entered the nearby village of al-Nabaein, while combing operations were underway in al-Samra village before allowing the entry of civilians.

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The town adjacent to the Turkish border was under the control of militants for 87 days. This period is summarized by the slogans and flags drawn by the militants on the walls of the town, by barricades and by empty houses, most of which are even left without furniture. The entry of militants into the town displaced about 600 families, in addition to dozens of families displaced from other parts of Syria who resorted to Kessab, which was considered to be safe as a result of the agreements signed between Syria and Turkey. These agreements specified that Ankara should protect the common border between the two countries through the deployment of military forces, while Syria should monitor its border by police stations, since the Syrian army is stationed at only 15 kilometers from the border.
According to the pastor of the Armenian Evangelical Church in Kessab, priest Sevag Trashian, only three people (two men and a woman) refused to leave Kessab. After that, militants transferred 25 others to Turkey and from there to Lebanon (As-Safir revealed details of the release operation on May 17, 2014). The priest indicated that “these three persons are elderly people and they likely remained in their homes. Perhaps their age and health conditions led insurgents to ignore their presence.”

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The priest, who rushed into Kessab after announcing it a safe area, said in an interview to As-Safir that “the archeological and religious monuments in the town are the most damaged; many of them were stolen, burned and vandalized by militants.” Trashian pointed out that “the four churches, described as ancient, in Kessab and the surrounding villages were all sabotaged and robbed,” stressing that the evangelical church is the most affected, as it is located in the town square.
On the other hand, Syrian official sources indicate that the town’s residents have started to return to their homes. A local source confirmed to As-Safir that these families remain few in number given the complete destruction of infrastructure, adding that young men hailing from the town are coming in to Kessab on a daily basis from Latakia to check on their homes and carry out restoration work to allow the return of families.

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Maintenance work is in progress to restore electricity, communications and drinking water services to the town. The work is expected to be completed within several days in light of the government’s major efforts exerted for Kessab, given its location adjacent to Turkey and the fact that “Kessab Battle” is strategic at various levels, to quote an official source.
In addition to the religious monuments that were damaged in the town, the militants’ entry caused a fire in the almost 150-year-old cultural center. Trashian described the scene, saying “they burned down the cultural center and sabotaged churches and their antique contents. All of these actions clearly show their nature and their objectives.” The priest clarified that inventories were ongoing to determine the damage and stolen items.
Within the same context, official sources pointed to the return of some 250 families, with hundreds of other families waiting for the completion of repair and restoration work to the damaged infrastructure and the government promises of compensation for the afflicted town residents. Trashian posted on his Facebook page a photo of him in Kessab along with the following comment: “A month ago, a terrorist from Jabhat al-Nusra sat here and called for jihad. Today, we will rebuild our town again, God willing.”

Al Monitor

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Yervant1 · June 26, 2014

http://media.pn.am/media/issue/180/167/photo/180167.jpg Desecrated relics of Kessab

Jabhat al-Nusra extremist group militants raided the Armenian Evangelical Holy Trinity Church and Missakian Cultural Center in Kessab.

L’observatoire de la Christianophobie French website posted the photos of destroyed and desecrated churches of Kessab after liberation of the town.

http://static.pn.am/images/l_art1_eng.gifJune 25, 2014

PanARMENIAN.Net - On March 21, 2014, Turkish forces shelled Armenian-populated villages of Syria in violation of international laws, further opening the border for militants to seize the region. Along with the surrounding Armenian-populated villages, Kessab, a home to 2,5-3000 Armenians, is located near the Syrian-Turkish border. After Kessab was seized, militants tore off the cross from an Armenian church, replacing it with a black Islamist flag.

On June 16, the top commandment of Syrian armed forces stated that stability in Kessab and adjacent province of Latakia was restored and the extremist militants pushed out, with the terrorist attempt to form a springboard for attacks with a sea outlet at the Turkish border thwarted.

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At present, houses and streets of Kessab are fully demined, with utility services operating and electricity supplies restored. According to mayor Vasken Chaparian, 250 out of 600 Armenian families who left the town are back, restoring Armenian presence in the lands of the historic Cilicia. Earlier, at the meeting with the Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia, Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad promised that Kessab Armenians will return to their homes and was true to his word.

Following the Kessab tragedy, Armenians and Alawites accused the Prime Minister Erdogan-led Turkish government of triggering the attack. Armenians who fled to Latakia told the BBC Turkish Service about the attack which forced them to leave their homes.

"One morning we were woken up by loud explosions and had to flee to Kessab at once, with no clothes, money or passports. We just wanted to survive," a female resident of Kessab recalls. Some Armenians stayed in Kessab, only sending women and children to Latakia.

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"We're afraid to go back, though we've been told its safe now. Still, 7 Armenians and 2 Alawites went missing, with their fates unknown. Who will give us safety guarantees? I saw an Armenian church raided, stripped of decorations, icons and burned down. All the museum artifacts were destroyed,” a priest named Gevorg reminisced.

Kessab self-defense units and Hezbollah Syrian Shiite group participated in the liberation of the town, Ora Pro Siria reported citing the patriarch of the Armenian Catholic Church Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni.

At his visit to a church of St. Michael, the patriarch saw ruined icons, broken crosses, burnt liturgy books, with the place rendered unusable for religious services. According to the patriarch, Islamists’ only goal was to prevent the church from being used as a house of prayer. The parochial school was also demolished.

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Jabhat al-Nusra extremist group militants raided the Armenian Evangelical Holy Trinity Church and Missakian Cultural Center in Kessab.

Nerses Bedros XIX hopes that the majority of refugees will return to their homes in Kessab.

Karine Ter-Sahakian / PanARMENIAN.Net, Photo: Fraternità Maria Gabriella

onjig · July 4, 2014

Any word from Johannes? Is he safe? He hasn't posted for a long time.

Arpa · July 5, 2014

Any word from Johannes? Is he safe? He hasn't posted for a long time.

Yes dear Onjig. We are all anxious and worried about his and his loved ones.

See what he said at #730 and on above where he practically bade goodbye.**

I have his E-address, and we have spoken privately before, bu now I am leery as I dont know if it is safe to e-mail.

**I was not surprised as I had sensed his consternation of this forum that had practically turned to DolaForum, ignoring his painful searches and researches of culture, History and Language.

SAD! SAD! SAD! Indeed.

MosJan · July 8, 2014

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Yervant1 · July 10, 2014

11:22 10/07/2014 » REGION

Shia leader of Turkey: Erdogan government supports Syrian terrorists

“Weapons have been delivered to Syrian terrorists from Turkey by trucks,” told the Turkish Shias’ leader Salah ad-Din Uskunduz as the Iranian “IRNA” news agency reports.

The Turkish priest in an interview given to “Yurt” periodic has criticized the foreign policy carried out by Turkey in connection with Syrian and Iraq issue. He has noted in particular, “One cannot deny that Turkey has supported “The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant” group. It has transported weapons by trucks to Syria: the terroristic groups have easily crossed the Turkish border. The head of terroristic group called Tariq al-Hashimi was received by the Turkish authorities in a way as if he was the head of the country.”

Salah ad-Din Uskunduz continued, “I am not the enemy of the ruling party of Turkey. We have even had a talk together about Palestine, however, we later saw that the Turkish government doesn’t even consider “The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant” a terroristic group and is supporting the members of that organization.”

Source: Panorama.am

Yervant1 · July 10, 2014

DREAM TO MAKE KESSAB A TOURISM DESTINATION STILL ALIVE

13:34 09.07.2014

Kessab

Siranush Ghazanchyan
Public Radio of Armenia

Arab businesswoman Yasmna Azhari, who has been twice named by
Forbes as one of the most powerful women in the Arab World, will
represent the Armenian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the
United Arab Emirates. "The Armenian Chamber of Commerce already has
30 representatives all around the world. I'm among the few females
to represent them. And I'm honored," she said in an interview with
Public Radio of Armenia.

Yasmina Azhari first visited Armenia five years ago with an economic
delegation accompanying Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad. Back in
2009 she established cooperation with Businesswoman Committee at the
Chamber of Commerce. She organized two exhibitions for them in Latakia,
which featured participants from all over Syria. When she moved to
Dubai two years ago, she organized a business meeting and forum.

"We had a big delegation from Armenia, and I organized it in
cooperation with the Arab Business Women Committee, which is under the
umbrella of the Arab League and together with the Emirati Businesswomen
Committee. We had a very big event, and I think they had a very good
exchange between businesswomen, at least," Yasmna Azhari said.

The business lady says she intends to boost economic exchange and
tourism parallel to economic cooperation. "I will try to promote the
cultural exchange, because in order to be convinced to work in Armenia,
you have to know a little bit about the culture, about people, about
the nature, about tourism. And then we will be able to enhance and
encourage economy," she said.

Mrs. Azhari said she's waiting for a report from the Chamber of
Commerce. "I have to go through it deeply. And then we have to see
what are the fields of interest to bring investors to Armenia, or
to bring Armenians to make investments abroad. I'm going to promote
businesses on both sides - to Armenia and from Armenia."

"Some people ask me what I see in Yerevan. You have a very beautiful
country, it's very clean. You have very friendly people, it's a
very nice place for touristic visits," she said, adding, however,
that she's not sure we properly promote it abroad. "You have a lot
of green, a lot of water, you have beautiful nature. And people are
shining and beautiful from outside and from inside. You should use it."

Yasmna Azhari travels a lot, but says she noticed three positive
things at the Armenian airport she had never seen anywhere before.

"First of all, when you stand in raw to get into passport control,
you don't have to wait for two hours. It's going so quickly. It
took three minutes, I never saw it before. When we were going out,
they checked the numbers of our suitcases; it's first time somebody
is checking about it. When I went out, a young man came to me and
asked if I needed any help. He showed me his ID. He told me they are
employed to help foreigners. Once again, I felt so safe. You should
know that you are distinguished," Mrs. Azhari said, promising to tell
everybody very nice stories about our country.

Before the war started in Syria, Yasmna Azhari had established a
committee, an NGO for protecting forests in Slinfah and Kessab. Her
first project was in Kessab. "I wanted to have an agro-touristic
project in Kessab. I had already got the land from the municipality.

And I got a fund from the United Nations. It was a really natural
agro-touristic project. But then the war started, and we had to stop
it," she said.

Mrs. Azhari said she wanted to make Kessab different in Syria, to
make it a tourism destination. "Hopefully, once the war stops, we'll
do it again. I had a great number of Armenians joining the committee,
because it's their city. So I wanted to make this project for them. I
still have a dream and hope to fulfill it one day."

http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/07/09/dream-to-make-kessab-a-tourism-destination-still-alive/

Yervant1 · July 18, 2014

10:23 18/07/2014 » SOCIETY

‘ISIL sells captured oil to Turkey’

Press TV has conducted an interview with Matar Matar, political commentator from New York, about the issue of ISIL Takfiri terrorists.
Press TV: How much has infighting amongst insurgents groups in Syria been detrimental to the terrorist groups themselves?
Matar: Since September the area in eastern Syria surrounding Dair al Zawr and Raqqa has become an attacking point for the jihadists to fight for oil fields and these oil fields are becoming the main sources for funds for their activities and to fund their missions.
Recently the big advance that happened in Mosul and before last week ten days ago, ISIL or the new Islamic caliphate captured the biggest oil field in Mosul, which has the power productivity of about 30,000 barrels per day.
There are issues that they started selling these barrels, they started selling them since the beginning to Turkey and some reports mentioned that Turkish businessmen are selling these barrels of oil to Turkey as well for as cheap as 20 dollars per barrel.

So in summation the whole month of selling for about a month is about 50 million dollars. So here is the big question – of course they need funds and they need arms – so the big question is if you wanted to counter terrorism we should counter the arming and funding. The funding is coming from oil selling so we have to follow the Turkish government to whom they are selling this oil.
Some reports from the Turkish opposition mention that about one thousand Turkish nationalists are helping the Jihadists in their selling.
And also if we go back to the beginning of the crisis in Syria when the European Union sanctioned the Syrian government with the embargo on the Syrian oil... now where are those European countries to counter terrorism and make pressure on the Turkish government for further investigation and further measurements to stop selling this oil because these funds are going to the hands of terrorists. They might attack Turkey in the future or even Europe.
So this area is becoming a very strategic point between the ISIL and the other Islamic groups such as Jabhat al-Nusra. Recently they fled the area and ISIL captured them.

Source: Panorama.am

Yervant1 · July 26, 2014

Church of Karaduran village near Kessab consecrated

19:35, 25 July, 2014

YEREVAN, JULY 25, ARMENPRESS. Ceremony of consecration of the church
in the Armenian village of Karaduran, located near Kessab, was held.
In a conversation with "Armenpress" this was informed by
Kessab-Armenian Karo Manchikyan, who added that on Sunday - July 27,
the first mass will be served in the church of Karaduran. As for the
churches in Kessab, he noted that the Apostolic and Evangelical
churches need restoration.

Manchikyan also informed that the leader of the Armenian Apostolic
Diocese of Beroea, Bishop Shahan Sarkisian and the leader of
Syrian-Armenian Evangelical Church, Rev. Haroutioun Selimian visited
Kessab.

Speaking about the situation in Kessab, Manchikyan noted that it is
impossible to restore in a month what was destroyed by the militants
in 3 months. "About a year will be necessary to restore what was
ruined," he clarified.

http://armenpress.am/eng/news/770735/church-of-karaduran-village-near-kessab-consecrated.html

Yervant1 · July 31, 2014

Catholic Sentinel
July 27 2014

Syrian Christian leader warns of impending Islamic State assault

Catholic News Service

NICOSIA, Cyprus -- A prominent Syrian Christian political leader has
warned of an impending assault on the northeastern province of Hassake
amid reports that thousands of Islamist fighters are preparing to
take control of the predominantly Christian and Kurdish area.

Bassam Ishak, president of the Syriac National Council, said July 24
that Syrian Christians do not want to suffer the same fate as their
co-religionists who were brutally driven out in recent days from
Mosul, their historic homeland in northern Iraq.

There, Islamic State militants told Christians that they had three
options: convert to Islam, pay the Islamic jizya tax or leave Mosul.
Other Christians are known to have been executed by the group.

Numerous Christians who fled the besieged town were robbed of the few
possessions they took with them, including money and gold jewelry.

Islamic militants known as ISIS or ISIL, recently rebranded as the
Islamic State, have solidified their control over Iraq's
second-largest city of Mosul by imposing Shariah, Islamic law, and
expelling Christians who will not convert to Islam.

Islamic State has also destroyed churches and other religious
buildings, including a famed mosque, where the biblical prophet Jonah
was believed to have been buried.

"Now we are hearing reports that ISIS is moving artillery, weaponry
and fighters. We heard the report of 20,000 fighters coming from Iraq
and preparing to take the (Syrian) city of Hassake," Ishak told CNS.

"We are in a fight for our existence because I don't think a Syriac
will accept to live under Shariah law, nor will a Kurd," he said.

Syriac Christianity dates back to the first century and embraces
Catholic and Orthodox traditions from East and West. Aramaic, the
language of Jesus, is featured in its religious services.

Ishak was in Cyprus for meetings with Kurdish Democratic Union party
leader Saleh Muslem Mohamed, with whom he has formed a cooperation
compact. The Kurdish Democratic Union Party, which controls Syria's
Kurdish region, has established an unofficial autonomous Kurdish
region in Syria which is now eyed by Islamic State as its next
conquest.

Both leaders are calling on the world community's help to stop another
Islamic State rampage.

Pope Francis has expressed his grave concern about the persecution of
the Christians of Mosul and other parts of the Middle East, "where
they have lived since the beginning of Christianity, together with
their fellow citizens, offering a meaningful contribution to the good
of society."

He expressed his disquiet in a conversation with Patriarch Ignace
Joseph III Younan. The pope told the leader of the Syriac Catholic
Church that he was "following closely and with anxiety the plight of
Christians."

"Today, they are persecuted. Our brothers are persecuted and hunted
away; they have to leave their homes without being allowed to take
anything with them," the pope said of those escaping Mosul.

Although some Syrian Christians have pledged their allegiance to the
government of President Bashar Assad, others have stood against the
regime because of its torture and killings of dissenters. Now, they
fear Assad may be willing to allow Islamic State to deal with the
regime's perceived enemies.

"We supported a revolution for a democratic, civil Syria that is
pluralistic, that separates religion from politics and leaves faith in
the public realm. (Islamic State) ISIS has a completely different
vision," Ishak said.

In the Syrian city of Raqqa, once home to an active Christian minority
population and now controlled by Islamic State fighters, all three
churches have been shut down.

The New York Times reports that after capturing the city's largest
church, the Armenian Catholic Martyrs Church, the Islamic State
"removed its crosses, hung black flags from its facade and converted
it into an Islamic center that screens videos of battles and suicide
operations to recruit new fighters."

http://www.catholicsentinel.org/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=34&ArticleID=25973

MosJan · August 15, 2014

MosJan · August 15, 2014

Published on Aug 11, 2014

Three years in to Syria's civil war, another enemy has emerged: factions aligned with Al Qaeda. Go inside the rebels' new fight with rare, exclusive footage from inside the country.

Arpa · August 17, 2014

Aleppo's Christians in Syrian crossfire

(Please note. For whatever reason there is no mention of the Christian Armenians of Aleppo. Yes there is. See the sad picture of Sb. Gevorg Church in Nor Giugh).

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02846/aleppo-church-syri_2846515b.jpg

The Catholic Church mentioned below.

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http://qenshrin.net/church/photos/syria/aleppo/cross_a.jpg

Aleppo's Christians in Syrian crossfire

(Please note. For whatever reason there is no mention of the Christian Armenians of Aleppo. Yes there is. See the sad picture of Sb. Gevorg Church in Nor Giugh).

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02846/aleppo-church-syri_2846515b.jpg

The Catholic Church mentioned below.

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7271/7646036812_3d430d2d8e.jpg

http://qenshrin.net/church/photos/syria/aleppo/cross_a.jpg

See the full article here;

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/08/aleppo-christians-iran-iraq-arsal-netanyahu-gulf-states.html

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Aleppo's Christians in Syrian crossfire
Aleppo's forgotten Christians
While the dire situation of Iraq's Yazidis provoked US military intervention against the Islamic State (IS) and non-stop media
coverage, Aleppo's Christians fear they are the war's forgotten victims.
As Syrian government forces prepare for what may be a decisive battle
against armed groups in Aleppo, Edward Dark reports that for Aleppo's
Christians, "fear of a new kind permeates this ancient and deeply rooted community. Genocide and ethnic cleansing are very real threats that haunt the collective conscience of Syria's Christians. The terrible fate that befell their co-religionists across the border in Mosul has driven these points home in a rather blunt and frightening way."
Most Christians in Syria have attempted to remain neutral in the three-year civil war, yet they find that, regardless of their
political affiliations, they remain targets:
"Not all Christians in Aleppo support the regime; in fact, a large number of them do not, but equally significant is that you won't find any that support the rebels, either. The recent repeated rebel shelling of the Syriac Catholic Church, a large and iconic building in the heart of the old Christian community at Azizeh, is seen by many as a clear message by the rebels, revealing their true intent toward their community."
The plight of Syria's Christians is a human rights crisis of historic proportions.
The State Department's International Religious Freedom Report for 2013, released last month, notes: "In Syria, as in much of the Middle East, the Christian presence is becoming a shadow of its former self.
After three years of civil war, hundreds of thousands fled the country desperate to escape the ongoing violence perpetrated by the government and extremist groups alike. In the city of Homs the number of
Christians dwindled to as few as 1,000 from approximately 160,000 prior to the conflict."
Meanwhile, for many of Aleppo's residents, electricity has become a "luxury," reports Mohammed al-Khatieb:
"The situation in Aleppo is complicated as the province is divided between the regime, the rebels and the Islamic State (IS), with each party controlling part of the electrical grid. Aleppo's main source of
electricity used to be the thermal power plant in the eastern
countryside, which has been out of service since June 2013 due to
malfunctions caused by the battles raging around it. The plant is
currently under the control of IS.
"Aleppo receives electricity through the Zorba line, which is an alternative line coming from the central region. Both the regime and the rebels control parts of it. Thus, any outage practiced by any
party against the other will be treated with reciprocity, i.e., an electricity outage for all of Aleppo."

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WEHERE ARE THE CRUSADER-ONWARD CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS**

The Pope, the Catholicoi and the Maronite/Syriac patriarchs.?

http://www.medievalweaponinfo.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/shiled.jpg

http://www.almaridesign.com/image.php/199_IMG_75041.jpg?width=660&height=600&image=/picture_library/sgallery/original/199_IMG_75041.jpg

**

Օն~!! փրկչին զինուորներ, Օն յառաջ ի մարտ…***

***I will talk about the Armenian translator of the hymn under another cover. Hint. See the Book MARASH by Grigor Galoustian

1. Onward, Christian soldiers!

Marching as to war,

With the cross of Jesus

Going on before.

Christ, the royal Master,

Leads against the foe;

Forward into battle,

See his banners go!

2. At the sign of triumph

Satan's host doth flee;

On, then, Christian soldiers,

On to victory.

Hell's foundations quiver

At the shout of praise;

Brothers, lift your voices,

Loud your anthems raise.

3. Like a mighty army

Moves the Church of God;

Brothers, we are treading

Where the Saints have trod.

We are not divided;

All one body we:

One in hope and doctrine,

One in charity.

4. Onward, then, ye people;

Join our happy throng.

Blend with ours your voices

In the triumph song:

Glory, laud, and honor

Unto Christ, the King.

This through countless ages

Men and angels sing.

See the full article here;

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/08/aleppo-christians-iran-iraq-arsal-netanyahu-gulf-states.html

====

Aleppo's Christians in Syrian crossfire
Aleppo's forgotten Christians
While the dire situation of Iraq's Yazidis provoked US military intervention against the Islamic State (IS) and non-stop media
coverage, Aleppo's Christians fear they are the war's forgotten victims.
As Syrian government forces prepare for what may be a decisive battle
against armed groups in Aleppo, Edward Dark reports that for Aleppo's
Christians, "fear of a new kind permeates this ancient and deeply rooted community. Genocide and ethnic cleansing are very real threats that haunt the collective conscience of Syria's Christians. The terrible fate that befell their co-religionists across the border in Mosul has driven these points home in a rather blunt and frightening way."
Most Christians in Syria have attempted to remain neutral in the three-year civil war, yet they find that, regardless of their
political affiliations, they remain targets:
"Not all Christians in Aleppo support the regime; in fact, a large number of them do not, but equally significant is that you won't find any that support the rebels, either. The recent repeated rebel shelling of the Syriac Catholic Church, a large and iconic building in the heart of the old Christian community at Azizeh, is seen by many as a clear message by the rebels, revealing their true intent toward their community."
The plight of Syria's Christians is a human rights crisis of historic proportions.
The State Department's International Religious Freedom Report for 2013, released last month, notes: "In Syria, as in much of the Middle East, the Christian presence is becoming a shadow of its former self.
After three years of civil war, hundreds of thousands fled the country desperate to escape the ongoing violence perpetrated by the government and extremist groups alike. In the city of Homs the number of
Christians dwindled to as few as 1,000 from approximately 160,000 prior to the conflict."
Meanwhile, for many of Aleppo's residents, electricity has become a "luxury," reports Mohammed al-Khatieb:
"The situation in Aleppo is complicated as the province is divided between the regime, the rebels and the Islamic State (IS), with each party controlling part of the electrical grid. Aleppo's main source of
electricity used to be the thermal power plant in the eastern
countryside, which has been out of service since June 2013 due to
malfunctions caused by the battles raging around it. The plant is
currently under the control of IS.
"Aleppo receives electricity through the Zorba line, which is an alternative line coming from the central region. Both the regime and the rebels control parts of it. Thus, any outage practiced by any
party against the other will be treated with reciprocity, i.e., an electricity outage for all of Aleppo."

===

WEHERE ARE THE CRUSADER-ONWARD CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS**

The Pope, the Catholicoi and the Maronite/Syriac patriarchs.?

http://www.medievalweaponinfo.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/shiled.jpg

http://www.almaridesign.com/image.php/199_IMG_75041.jpg?width=660&height=600&image=/picture_library/sgallery/original/199_IMG_75041.jpg

**

Օն~!! փրկչին զինուորներ, Օն յառաջ ի մարտ***

***I will talk about the Armenian translator of the hymn under another cover. Hint. See the Book MARASH by Grigor Galoustian

1. Onward, Christian soldiers!

Marching as to war,

With the cross of Jesus

Going on before.

Christ, the royal Master,

Leads against the foe;

Forward into battle,

See his banners go!

2. At the sign of triumph

Satan's host doth flee;

On, then, Christian soldiers,

On to victory.

Hell's foundations quiver

At the shout of praise;

Brothers, lift your voices,

Loud your anthems raise.

3. Like a mighty army

Moves the Church of God;

Brothers, we are treading

Where the Saints have trod.

We are not divided;

All one body we:

One in hope and doctrine,

One in charity.

4. Onward, then, ye people;

Join our happy throng.

Blend with ours your voices

In the triumph song:

Glory, laud, and honor

Unto Christ, the King.

This through countless ages

Men and angels sing.

Edited August 17, 2014 by Arpa

Arpa · September 14, 2014

Obama: Assad Protected Christians In Syria

White man, black man speak with forked tongue.

http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/059/cache/tongues-snakes_5908_600x450.jpg

Also note highlight below what that clownish fool :jester: born again ASS-raelite from Texas said, who was repeatedly booed off the stage .

http://www.mintpressnews.com/obama-assad-protected-christians-

MintPress News - http://www.mintpressnews.com
Obama: Assad Protected Christians In Syria
US President Barack Obama surprised his visitors, the delegation of Eastern Christians patriarchs, on Thursday when he told them that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad protected the Christians in Syria. Obama met with the delegation in the White House for 35 minutes, during which the patriarchs presented a paper in which they exposed the situation of Christians in the Middle East and the threats and challenges they are facing, due in part to the expansion of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militant group.
Sources told Al-Akhbar that the highlight of the meeting was when Obama said the following phrase: We know that President Bashar al-Assad protected Christians in Syria. Obama then used the term the Syrian government instead of regime, ***which is usually used by the US to describe the government in Syria. The confused attendees could not believe what they heard. However, one of the guests addressed Obama and said: Then you should stop talking about a moderate Syrian opposition. Obama spoke about the planned US airstrikes in Syria, claiming that they will help facilitate the (Syrian) political process. The US president then reiterated his countrys support for the Lebanese army, explaining that the weaponry the US gave to the Lebanese army is the best response to ISIS in Lebanon.
Meanwhile, Republican Texas senator Ted Cruz was booed off stage Wednesday night in Washington when he defended Israel at a gala sponsored by In Defense of Christians, a group whose objective is to focus public attention on the plight of persecuted Middle East Christian groups. Christians have no greater ally than Israel, Cruz said, drawing a sharp response from the audience who started booing. Those who hate Israel hate America. Those who hate Jews hate Christians, he continued. At that point, the booing got louder. If you will not stand with Israel and the Jews, then I will not stand with you. Thank you and God bless you, Cruz said before walking off stage.**
Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Bechara Rai asked the attendees not to to respond to Cruz and to focus on the conference and its objectives instead of individual statements.
The Patriarch of Antioch and All the East and the spiritual leader of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, Gregory III Lahham, and Lebanons ambassador to Washington Antoine Shadid both withdrew from the dinner after Cruz attacked Hezbollah.
Lahham also refused to participate in a session about the situation of Christians in the Middle East because of its dubious objectives and problematic speakers. Lahham found out that US state representative Chris Smith, who was scheduled to give a speech in the session, was planning on condemning Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, something that Lahham regarded as a departure from the conferences objectives.

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Omitted above; Catholicos Aram I Shares Middle Eastern Christians Concerns with Obama

http://asbarez.com/126901/catholicos-aram-i-shares-middle-eastern-christians-concerns-with-obama/

Mr. Obamia pretends to protect the Christians in Syria, while his main objective is to crush the only last remaining nemesis. Bashar who keeps thumbing his nose. Mainly because his principal backers are Putin and ayatollah.****

http://files.disappearednews.com/images/calvsample.jpg

thumb one's nose, to put one's thumb to one's nose and extend the fingers as a crudely defiant or contemptuous gesture. to express defiance or contempt; dismiss or reject contemptuously

Mr. Obamia pretends to protect the Christian in Syria, while his main agenda is to crush the only last remaining nemesis Bashar keeps thumbing his nose.

thumb one's nose, to put one's thumb to one's nose and extend the fingers as a crudely defiant or contemptuous gesture. to express defiance or contempt; dismiss or reject contemptuously

He pretends to protect the Christians in Syria, while his main objective is to crush the only last remaining nemesis Bashar, who keeps thumbing his nose.

Mr. OBI Kenobi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ben_Kenobi.png

http://files.disappearednews.com/images/calvsample.jpg

**Ted cruz was born of Catholic parents, respectively of Cuba and Delaware, and now, all of a sudden he is a Southern Baptist. Ironically, his surname cruz means cross. Like this- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HinduSwastika.svg

*** Regime=control http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regime

French régime, from Old French regimen, regime, from Late Latin regimin-, regimen First Known Use: 1776

Also remember, some of us use the word to mean dieting.

Ռեժիմ անել: Rezhim anel.

====

****Where is all that bravado to bomb Syria?

Is he waiting for moshe to bomb Tehran?

Talk is cheap. Where is the beef .kosher ham?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/archive/f/fc/20130619025140!Porky_Pig.gif

Edited September 14, 2014 by Arpa

Arpa · September 14, 2014

GOBBLE GOBBLE!

http://www.salemroadraces.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/turkey3.gif

This is kind of long but worth a read

Meet The Smuggler Who Has Brought More Than 1,000*** Foreign Fighters Into Syria

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mikegiglio/meet-the-smuggler-who-has-brought-more-than-1000-foreign-fig#326n6w1

GAZIANTEP Turkey The smuggler said he knew exactly how many foreign jihadis he and a group of colleagues have brought from Turkey into Syrias war[. He used the number like a business card: an advertisement simply by its size. Publishing it could reveal his identity to the extremists involved in the enterprise, who might harm him for speaking to the press. But the number stands at more than 1,000, he said a part of the pipeline that has poured foreigners across the Turkish border into Syria for over two years. Many have joined the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, helping to make the group into a global threat. Sitting cross-legged at a restaurant in a Turkish border town, the smuggler said most of his charges were with ISIS now.
The smuggler, a Syrian in his twenties who asked to use the name Yusuf, got started in the winter of 2012. By then it was clear that Syrias rebellion would get little international support, and local fighters welcomed the foreigners with open arms. Bearded men with foreign accents filled flights to the airports near the Turkish border and sipped tea at hotels. Yusuf was bombarded with requests from would-be mujahideen for his help in getting to Syria, which he received through a special Facebook account that his smuggling group used. They came from all over the world, he said.
The men hailed mainly from Arab countries. But the reach of the rebellion which the foreigners saw as a religious war seemed to grow as the conflict raged on. There were Chechens, Albanians, Britons, and French. Some brought their wives. Yusuf eventually fielded mujahideen from as far away as China and Argentina. He also smuggled in a handful of Americans. I remember them really well, he said.
Yusuf did the work because he wanted to make money and because he supported the cause. He ticked off some of the airports where he received the foreigners in Turkey: Istanbul, Hatay, Gaziantep, Antalya. Hed stand in the arrivals hall like any chauffeur, holding a sign with the jihadis name. Often they greeted him gleefully. They hug me, and I hug them back and really welcome them, he said.
Many of the non-Arab jihadis including most of the Americans didnt speak Arabic, so Yusuf communicated using Google Translate on his smartphone. Some seemed totally lost: One man fled from Yusuf at the airport, convinced he was trying to kidnap him. When Yusuf lost track of another jihadi in Syria, an American who only spoke English, he eventually found him wandering around a border village in a panic.
Yusuf was afraid to reveal much about the man in charge of the operation, whom he called his emir, or prince the title some Islamist battalions give their leaders in Syria. The emir works with ISIS, Yusuf said, and reached potential recruits through accounts on social media platforms including Facebook and Twitter, which he operated in several languages. He sent the ones he trusted to Yusuf and his friends.
After the foreigners arrived in the Turkish border town where the group operated, they were driven to the border. Then they were smuggled across the rocky trails and into Syria. Yusuf said that early on, when the foreigner wave was surging, they would sometimes cross groups of jihadis together. Yusuf remembered long stretches where he seemed to alternate nights between Turkey and Syria.
It was a booming industry for Yusuf and his colleagues and for other smugglers in towns and cities across the porous, 565-mile border between Turkey and Syria. And it was usually easy. Turkish authorities did little to stop them from bringing foreigners into Syria; at times they seemed to welcome it, perhaps viewing the foreigners as good for the rebel cause. Sometimes the border guards simply let the foreigners cross legally, stamping their passports at official border posts. They would have their dinner in Istanbul, their breakfast here, and their lunch in Syria, Yusuf said, speaking of the incoming jihadis.
Turkey has been a key backer of Syrias opposition, letting rebels and activists enjoy relatively free passage across much of the border and providing a safe haven for them to rest, treat wounds and gather supplies. Many of the weapons that rebels in northern Syria receive from private donors and international allies like Saudi Arabia and Qatar pass through the border, as does vital humanitarian aid.
Turkey also hosts what its government estimates is more than a million Syrian refugees. One motivation for its leniency at the border is to let these desperate people pass.
Syrians at a refugee camp inside Turkey Murad Sezer / Reuters
But the government has also turned a blind eye to the problem of foreign jihadis and Turkey has been perhaps the main conduit of these extremists entering the Syrian war. One oft-cited recent estimate holds that more than 12,000 foreigners have traveled to Syria to fight, but the true number is impossible to know. At first, Turkey seemed to be making the same gamble as the Syrian opposition hoping that these mujahideen would help the rebels bring a quick exit for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Instead the war only spiraled, and the foreign fighters gained a foothold in the rebellion, helping to radicalize it. Their group of choice, ISIS, eventually carved out territory from other rebel groups and then used its Syria stronghold to expand into Iraq. Yet Turkey failed to seriously address the problem even as its international allies as well as more moderate rebel groups were sounding the alarm about the threat the foreigners posed.
Now, with U.S. airstrikes underway in Iraq and 49 Turkish diplomats, consulate staffers, and their families kidnapped by ISIS from the Iraqi city of Mosul in June Turkey has signaled that it is cracking down. Syrians around the border took note of last weeks news that 19 suspected ISIS members had been detained by Turkish security in the border province of Gaziantep. This follows reports from Turkish officials and Syrians alike that recent months have seen Turkey step up its policing of the border markedly. On Monday, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel called Turkey an absolutely indispensable ally in the fight against ISIS.
Yet while smugglers and Syrians along the border say security has tightened, they also say that foreigners continue to cross in some border towns with relative ease. In one, which has a crossing into ISIS-controlled Syrian territory, a veteran smuggler said he was warned once by Turkish police this summer but continued to operate. He was regularly crossing foreigners, he said, including one the previous week. They were entering from here and theyre still entering from here, he said of the foreigners. They are so easy to recognize. But the police dont care.
The smuggler, who spoke on the condition that he and the border town not be named, said one local policy intended to help Syrians was exploited by foreigners regularly. Many Syrians lost their passports in the chaos of the war. So the authorities open the border at least once a week to let Syrians without documents to go back home, he said and some foreigners simply walk in with the crowd. You can see them sitting right at the café near the gate, waiting to cross, he said.
Other smugglers in town were quick to approach a newcomer walking down the street one recent afternoon. To the wire, to the wire, they said, referring to the border fence and signaling that the local smuggling trade remained alive and well.
A Syrian who works on the rebel end of an official border crossing in Kilis, a town near Gaziantep that has long been popular with smugglers, said that rebels in the opposition-held area had been taking the problem into their own hands of late. They had caught 15 foreigners crossing from Turkey in the last two months, he said. The most recent, a Chechen who appeared last week, had crossed from Turkey legally. Our security took him for investigation, the man said, adding that he didnt know the Chechens fate.
Even with the best intentions, it will be extremely difficult for Turkey to stop the flow of foreigners. While the border is long and difficult to police, many border towns also have close ties with their counterparts in Syria, and long histories of free travel back and forth. Smuggling routes were up and running long before the war and those for the foreigners are now well established after two years of regular use.
Of all the countries in the coalition the Obama administration is building against ISIS, meanwhile, Turkey may have the most to lose. With ISIS ingrained around the border, major action against the group could trigger an attack. Soner Cagaptay, the director of the Washington Institutes Turkish Research Program, pointed to the hostage situation in Mosul as another instance in which Turkey may worry that tough measures against ISIS could bring it grim results. If Turkey were to decide to completely shut down its border, Im not sure at this stage they could do it, Cagaptay said. And now theres the fear that taking action against ISIS may make Turkey a target for ISIS.
I think for a long time Turkey really thought it had a handle on ISIS, Cagaptay added. And it got a rude wakeup call with the consulate attack [in Mosul].
Yusuf, the smuggler, said he quit the job about a year ago, when ISIS started a conflict with other rebel groups that eventually flared into an internal war. But hes still active on occasion, helping out friends who bring foreigners across the border regularly. On a recent night, he was hosting an Arab man who was preparing to enter Syria the next day. The man declined an interview request, but Yusuf said he planned to fight for Jabhat al-Nusra, the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda.
Even with Turkish authorities getting stricter along the border, for sure they are still crossing, Yusuf said of the foreigners.
And though hes against ISIS now, he said he didnt regret helping to bring any of the 1,000-plus ***foreigners into Syria. Not at all because theyre still jihadis.

*** In the Arabic 1000 is a mythical figure as in Elf Leyla Wa Leyla One Thousand Nights and One Night. In the English it is known as Atabian Nights. Much like the Armenian Qaeasou/Qaesoen. Seems like we have borrowed that Arabic cliché of One Thousand and One when we call Ani as the City of One Thousand and One Churches.

By Charents

One Thousand and One Wounds you have seen, You Will.Still.

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