The truth about Syria

[Johannes]

Hey there! Is the siege still on?

 

yesterday the army opened a road, wich is still closed for civilians.

[hagopn]

This is good news! Is that going to be used for food and supplies soon? Sometimes I get my cousins on Skype, and they were telling me that the west part of Haleb was still blocked off last week. How are you and your family doing? Is there food in the markets? Is it safer now to be outside?

[Arpa]

yesterday the army opened a road, wich is still closed for civilians.

AH! It is so good to see you again, that you seem safe and sound. Please tell us the latest about The Truth About Syria.

[Arpa]

WHITE MAN SPEAK WITH FORKED TONGUE

An old cliché attributed to the Native Americans

http://indianapublicmedia.org/amomentofscience/files/2010/06/tongue_111.jpg

http://www.redstate.com/jhirple/2010/05/31/white-man-speak-with-forked-tongue/

 

When I was a kid, the common jargon as we played cowboy and Indians was that “white man speak with forked tongue.” It wasn’t just kids play or drama on the silver screen, it was also a matter of history. What I learned as a child, from the native-American’s perspective anyway, was that the words of Caucasians cannot to be trusted.

 

Yes indeed. White man speak with forked tongue. It means lying.

In the Armenian it is Բերնին երկու կողմէն խօսիլ

http://www.armeniapedia.org/wiki/Armenian_Proverbs

Աւելի լաւ է համր ըլլալ, քան սխալ խօսիլ

And all this while the US and her court jesters are expending much breath, expense and manpower, on the one hand chasing, arresting, killing al Qaeda operatives all over the globe, in Syria they are aiding, abetting, arming and financing those same al qaedas.,

Hey Mr. a-Bush. How do you spell NKLR and KMKL wippens? Remember that the only nation using nklr weapons was and still is the US. Remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Perhaps justifiably?**

** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki

Edited October 9, 2013 by Arpa

[Johannes]

AH! It is so good to see you again, that you seem safe and sound.  Please tell us the latest about  The Truth About Syria.

Յարգելի բարեկամներ՝ Յակոբ եւ Արփա,

 

Ձեզի ուշացումով պատասխանեցի, քանի որ ձեր հարցը տալու պահուն Հալէպ նահանգը նոր կը փրկուէր անձկալի շրջափակումէ...:

 

Քիչ-քիչ լաւացում կայ: Շնորհակալութիւն:

 

Արփա՛, կը կարծեմ այլեւս պիտի չի գրեմ սուրիական ճշմարտութեան մասին: Հարցը փակած կը համարեմ:

Ընդհանրապէս հրապարակախօսութենէ՝ համացանցային գրառումներէ կը հրաժարիմ:

 

Սիրտս խաղաղութիւն եւ երաժշտութիւն կուզէ: Բարեյաջող կեանք, բոլորի՛դ:

 

Շնորհակալ եմ ամերիկացի ժողովուրդի մեծամասնութեան, քանի որ ԸՆԴԴԻՄԱՑԱՒ Մարդու իրաւունքներու եւ Ժողովրդավարութեան օրինակելի տիպար՝ ամերիկեան վարչակարգի «Սեղանի վրայ դրած ուղղակի ռազմական միջամտութեան ընտրանքին»:

 

Չեմ ուզեր Սուրիոյ եւ սուրիացիներու մասին հրապարակաւ շատ խօսուի որպէս օգնութեան կարօտ, խեղճացած, թշուառ երկիր եւ քաղաքացիներ:

Մեզի պարտադրուած պատերազմէն առաջ Սուրիան բացառիկ երկիրներէն էր, որ արտաքին պարտք չունէր. ապահովութեան ցուցանելի նմոյշ էր:

 

Մենք վարժ էինք ինքնաբաւ ու ապահով կենսամակարդակի: Վերջին երկուքուկէս տարիներուն պատահածը արտակարգ ու անբնական էր:

 

Թէ որ մեզ հանգիստ թողուն, ամէն ինչ կարգին կ’ըլլայ:

 

Կ’ուզեմ մոռնան Սուրիոյ մասին: Թո՛ղ բանակն ու պատկան իշխանութիւնները իրենց գործը տեսնեն ահաբեկիչներուն հետ: Թո՛ղ ջուրը դարձեալ հոսի իր հունով:

 

 

[Yervant1]

Statue of Jesus Christ, cast in Armenia, erected in Syria

15:13 18.10.2013

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Armneia, Syria

http://www.armradio.am/en/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Jesus-Christ-Syria-2-620x300.jpg

A statue of Jesus Christ has been installed in war-torn Syria. The statue titled “I have come to save the world” rises above the historic pilgrimage route from Constantinople to Jerusalem, on top of the mountain near the Monastery of the Cherubim in the Syrian city of Saidnaya (2,100 meters above sea level), Komsomolskaya Pravda reports.

The height of the bronze statue is 39 m together with the plinth, which is taller than the statue of the Christ in Rio de Janeiro (38 m).

One can see the sculpture from Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, and Israel. The installation coincided with the Orthodox feast day of the Protection of the Most Holy Virgin Mary and the Muslim feast of Kurban Bayram.

The military actions were stopped in the region during the three days the statue was being installed. The statue was cast in Armenia.

[hagopn]

WHITE MAN SPEAK WITH FORKED TONGUE

An old cliché attributed to the Native Americans

http://indianapublicmedia.org/amomentofscience/files/2010/06/tongue_111.jpg

http://www.redstate.com/jhirple/2010/05/31/white-man-speak-with-forked-tongue/

 

 

Yes indeed. White man speak with forked tongue. It means lying.

In the Armenian it is Բերնին երկու կողմէն խօսիլ

http://www.armeniapedia.org/wiki/Armenian_Proverbs

Աւելի լաւ է համր ըլլալ, քան սխալ խօսիլ

And all this while the US and her court jesters are expending much breath, expense and manpower, on the one hand chasing, arresting, killing al Qaeda operatives all over the globe, in Syria they are aiding, abetting, arming and financing those same al qaedas.,

Hey Mr. a-Bush. How do you spell NKLR and KMKL wippens? Remember that the only nation using nklr weapons was and still is the US. Remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Perhaps justifiably?**

** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki

 

Sorry, but this is a narrow perspective of "white versus brown versus blue."

 

Abush is long gone. We now have a "leftist anti-war democratic candidate who hates war" but makes even more war. Let's also go beyond personages and parties. They don't exist except on paper and meaningless ballots (since there is rarely an alternative choice on the ballot).

 

Let's look at this, once and for all, as imperialism/globalism against local autonomy, against independent identities. Many "white men" were very sincere about the rights of natives, as are many "white men" sincere about not bombing Syria

[hagopn]

Յարգելի բարեկամներ՝ Յակոբ եւ Արփա, Ձեզի ուշացումով պատասխանեցի, քանի որ ձեր հարցը տալու պահուն Հալէպ նահանգը նոր կը փրկուէր անձկալի շրջափակումէ...: Քիչ-քիչ լաւացում կայ: Շնորհակալութիւն: Արփա՛, կը կարծեմ այլեւս պիտի չի գրեմ սուրիական ճշմարտութեան մասին: Հարցը փակած կը համարեմ: Ընդհանրապէս հրապարակախօսութենէ՝ համացանցային գրառումներէ կը հրաժարիմ: Սիրտս խաղաղութիւն եւ երաժշտութիւն կուզէ: Բարեյաջող կեանք, բոլորի՛դ: Շնորհակալ եմ ամերիկացի ժողովուրդի մեծամասնութեան, քանի որ ԸՆԴԴԻՄԱՑԱՒ Մարդու իրաւունքներու եւ Ժողովրդավարութեան օրինակելի տիպար՝ ամերիկեան վարչակարգի «Սեղանի վրայ դրած ուղղակի ռազմական միջամտութեան ընտրանքին»: Չեմ ուզեր Սուրիոյ եւ սուրիացիներու մասին հրապարակաւ շատ խօսուի որպէս օգնութեան կարօտ, խեղճացած, թշուառ երկիր եւ քաղաքացիներ: Մեզի պարտադրուած պատերազմէն առաջ Սուրիան բացառիկ երկիրներէն էր, որ արտաքին պարտք չունէր. ապահովութեան ցուցանելի նմոյշ էր: Մենք վարժ էինք ինքնաբաւ ու ապահով կենսամակարդակի: Վերջին երկուքուկէս տարիներուն պատահածը արտակարգ ու անբնական էր: Թէ որ մեզ հանգիստ թողուն, ամէն ինչ կարգին կ’ըլլայ: Կ’ուզեմ մոռնան Սուրիոյ մասին: Թո՛ղ բանակն ու պատկան իշխանութիւնները իրենց գործը տեսնեն ահաբեկիչներուն հետ: Թո՛ղ ջուրը դարձեալ հոսի իր հունով:

 

Առաջ Աստուած, Հարգելի Յովհաննես։ Հայերենով գրելու կարողութիւնս ժականակավորապէս պակսեցավ այս Windowsի փոփոխութիւններու պատճառաւ։ Բայց եւ այնպէս, դուն միշտ արժանի էս ամենայ տանջալի ջանքերուն։ Սուրիոյ բացառութիւններէն մեծագոյնը մշտօրէն կը մնայ իր բնակչութեան անզիչող մարդկայինութիւնը։ Քեզմէ այլ միշտ այդ տպավորութիւնը ստացած եմ, որ իսկական Հալեպցի տղայ էս։

 

Խաղաղութիւն ու բարի ցանկութիւններ ամենքնուդ

[Arpa]

Ցաւըդ տանեմ Յակոբ

Այո, ցաւալի է որ մեր Եղբայր Յովաննէսը որոշել է հրաժարաժիլ: Զարմանք չէ, քանի այս կայքը ինչպէս նաեւ այլք, այսքան արիւն քրտինքից յետոյ (Blood, sweat and tears) աղբանոց են դարձել, դօլմա, բաստըրմա եւ ռաբիզ :

Իս կ ես ինչու տակաւին՞ գրեմ՞: Յայտնի է: Ես ապուշ եմ , տակաւին սատկած էշ մտրակելով:

Edited October 21, 2013 by Arpa

[Yervant1]

18:25 22/10/2013 » Society

Kurdish rebels threaten new fight in Turkey as Syria clashes intensify

Kurdish rebels are ready to re-enter Turkey from northern Iraq, the head of the group's political wing said at his mountain hideout, threatening to rekindle an insurgency unless Ankara resuscitates their peace process soon, Reuters reported.

Accusing Turkey of waging a proxy war against Kurds in Syria by backing Islamist rebels fighting them in the north, Cemil Bayik, a founding member of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) told Reuters the group had the right to retaliate.

Syria's civil war has complicated Turkey's efforts to make peace with Kurdish militants, but Ankara strongly denies backing any rebel faction against Kurds in Syria and has held regular talks with the head of a Syrian Kurdish group close to the PKK.

Bayik, the group's most senior figure at liberty, spoke at a small, heavily guarded house in the Qandil Mountain range in Iraq's Kurdish north, a badge featuring jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan pinned to a pocket on his guerilla uniform.

"The process has come to an end," Bayik said in the interview, which took place on Saturday. "Either they accept deep and meaningful negotiations with the Kurdish movement, or there will be a civil war in Turkey."

As prerequisites, Turkey must improve the conditions in which Ocalan is being held and deal with him on equal terms, guarantee amendments to the constitution and enlist a third party to oversee any further steps in the process, he said.

"Now we are preparing ourselves to send the withdrawn groups back to North Kurdistan if the government does not accept our conditions," said Bayik, who shares his position with a female militant. He said the direction of the process would become clear "in the coming days."

 

Source: Panorama.am

[Yervant1]

09:47 22/10/2013 » Interviews

‘Enemies may want to create anarchy in Syria’

Eugene Michael Jones, editor of the Culture Wars Online Magazine from Indiana, has joined Press TV to discuss the upcoming Geneva conference on Syria.

- This Geneva II Conference was hyped up, there is a lot of riding on this conference so to speak. Why do you think that they are not even being able to fix a date?

- Because they do not know who the opposition is, or another way of saying is, they do not want to let the world know who the opposition is; because, I think, what you are talking about here, is not a group of Syrians who have a specific list of grievances that they can present and which could be negotiated, but rather you have an international group of basically hired guns, mercenaries, at the top, acting according to a totally destructive and alien philosophy and the foot soldiers are basically people recruited from the refugee camps, who are given an AK47, a 100 dollars a month and a packet of cigarettes.

Now, this is not a credible opposition. That is, I think the problem that they face.

- Well, speaking of which, then if this conference is even held, who is going to attend it from the side of the “opposition”? And can any agreement be even enforced?

- Well, the opposition was created by the United States, by Saudi Arabia and by Qatar. So they are the people who are the puppeteers and they will have to point the puppets to speak for them.

How can this happen if one of the first things that John Kerry does when he become secretary of state is refuse to give this people heavy weapons, because he does not trust them. So how are you going to have negotiations if the puppeteers do not trust the puppets? How is the other side supposed to trust them as representative of any significant group of the Syrian people?

- And yet these puppets, as you call them, are still getting funding, they are still getting some sort of arms to fight the government of Bashar al-Assad. That again takes away the incentive to come and sit on the negotiating table. Won’t you agree?

- Yes, I think that there was a sea change in world politics over September, over that weekend in September, when the Pope held the prayer vigil and then Obama decided to go with the Putin thing, and then [iranian President Hassan] Rouhani showed up at the United Nations, and then Benjamin Netanyahu threw his hissy fit after that.

So it is a situation now, where they cannot win, but maybe the next strategy is just to create anarchy there so that Syria cannot pose any type of significant threat to Israel. That may be plan B.

- And very quickly if you can, do you think that would work?

- No!

Source: Panorama.am

[Yervant1]

Statue of Jesus Christ, cast in Armenia, erected in Syria

15:13 18.10.2013

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Armneia, Syria

http://www.armradio.am/en/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Jesus-Christ-Syria-2-620x300.jpg

A statue of Jesus Christ has been installed in war-torn Syria. The statue titled “I have come to save the world” rises above the historic pilgrimage route from Constantinople to Jerusalem, on top of the mountain near the Monastery of the Cherubim in the Syrian city of Saidnaya (2,100 meters above sea level), Komsomolskaya Pravda reports.

The height of the bronze statue is 39 m together with the plinth, which is taller than the statue of the Christ in Rio de Janeiro (38 m).

One can see the sculpture from Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, and Israel. The installation coincided with the Orthodox feast day of the Protection of the Most Holy Virgin Mary and the Muslim feast of Kurban Bayram.

The military actions were stopped in the region during the three days the statue was being installed. The statue was cast in Armenia.

 

AN ARMENIAN JESUS RISES OVER SYRIA

 

EurasiaNet.org

Oct 21 2013

 

October 21, 2013 - 9:57am, by Giorgi Lomsadze

 

A colossal, bronze Jesus Christ, cast in Armenia, has appeared in

war-ravaged Syria "to save the world."

 

Soaring higher than Rio's famous Christ the Redeemer, the statue stands

39 meters tall in the mountaintop, Byzantine-era Cherubim Monastery,

lording it over the city of Saidnaya, 27 kilometers north of Damascus,

Armenian news outlets reported. Some Russian outlets said that the

statue is one meter shorter than its Brazilian counterpart.

 

>From its vantage point above the sea, the statue overlooks an historic

pilgrimage route from Istanbul to Jerusalem. The statue, created by

Armenian sculptor Artush Papoian, was installed on October 14, when

Orthodox Christians celebrate a commemoration of the Virgin Mary,

whose icon is a chief draw for the monastery.

 

But the statue was not born of recent events in Syria. While Syria's

ethnic Armenian population has been fleeing the country in droves

-- including to Armenia itself, which has built a "New Aleppo" to

accommodate the arrivals -- the project has been in the works since

2005, Russia's Komsomol'skaya Pravda reports.

 

Backed by the Russian government (which has a navy base on Syria's

Mediterranean Sea coast, and, as we all know by now, takes an active

interest in matters Syrian), along with the Russian Orthodox Church,

the project, billed "I have come to save the world," was supposedly

the brainchild of one Yuri Gavrilov, a 49-year-old Moscow native who

runs an organization in London called the St. Paul and St. George

Foundation.

 

"We hope that this sculptural composition brings peace and love

to the hearts of people, and that our work will help restore peace

and calm in this long-suffering region," the Foundation's director,

Samir el-Gadban, told Komsomol'skaya Pravda.

 

http://www.eurasianet.org/node/67652

 

 

[Yervant1]

13:54 26/10/2013 » Society

Kurds rout Syria jihadists on Iraq border

Fierce clashes raged Saturday after Syrian Kurds seized from jihadists a crossing on the Iraqi border, a key supply route for weapons and fighters in the 31-month war, AFP reported, citing activists.

UN and Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi meanwhile was due to visit Iran as he presses efforts to build a consensus for a Geneva conference aimed at ending the conflict that has killed tens of thousands.

Fighters from both sides were killed in the border clashes, which came a day after Syria's government and its opponents traded blame for a car bomb attack on a mosque that left dozens dead.

The Kurds "took control of the Al-Yaarubia border crossing with Iraq at dawn after clashes with the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, the Al-Nusra Front and other rebels," the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, citing activists.

The Kurds have been struggling to carve out an autonomous northeastern region similar to one in northern Iraq, further complicating the Syrian war.

The seizure of the border post was another reported blow for the Islamists after Syrian state television said on Friday that Al-Nusra's leader, Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani, had been killed, but the Al-Qaeda-linked group said he was in good health.

 

Source: Panorama.am

[Yervant1]

Kuwait News Agency
Oct 26 2013


Austria aids Syrian refugees in Armenia
26/10/2013 | 05:04 PM | World News


VIENNA, Oct 26 (KUNA) -- Austria declared on Saturday offering euro
600,000 to Armenian Syrian refugees who fled the violence at home to
Armenia.

Repercussions of the Syrian crisis have reached as far as Armenia,
where some 9,000 Syrians have taken up refuge, Austrian Foreign
Minister Michael Spindelegger said in a statement. Half of the Syrian
refugees in Austria are children suffering from malnutrition, he
added.

Armenian Government has asked Austria to help it secure housing, in
addition to other forms of aid, for the Syrian Armenian families that
fled their country, Spindelegger added.
Austria has so far aided the Syrian refugees with a total of euro 7.4 million.

Number of Armenians in Syria was estimated at 100,000 at start of the
crisis. (end)

http://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2340705&language=en

[Yervant1]

14:30 29/10/2013 » Society

Surb Khach Armenian church set on fire in Syria

Islamists have set fire to the Surb Khach Armenian church in the city of Tal Abyad in the northeast of Syria, Aztag newspaper reported.

The church was sheltering Arab families.

According to the newspaper, fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham are said to be behind the violence. Late on October 27, they removed the church’s cross and set fire to the church.

The interior of the church was damaged in the fire.

Source: Panorama.am

[Yervant1]

The Associated Press
November 2, 2013 Saturday 02:14 PM GMT

In midst of Syrian war, giant Jesus statue arises

By DIAA HADID, Associated Press
BEIRUT

In the midst of a conflict rife with sectarianism, a giant bronze
statue of Jesus has gone up on a Syrian mountain, apparently under
cover of a truce among three factions in the country's civil war.

Jesus stands, arms outstretched, on the Cherubim mountain, overlooking
a route pilgrims took from Constantinople to Jerusalem in ancient
times. The statue is 12.3 meters (40 feet) tall and stands on a base
that brings its height to 32 meters (105 feet), organizers of the
project estimate.

That the statue made it to Syria and went up without incident on Oct.
14 is remarkable. The project took eight years and was set back by the
civil war that followed the March 2011 uprising against President
Bashar Assad.

Christians and other minorities are all targets in the conflict, and
the statue's safety is by no means guaranteed. It stands among
villages where some fighters, linked to al-Qaida, have little sympathy
for Christians.

So why put up a giant statue of Christ in the midst of such setbacks
and so much danger?

Because "Jesus would have done it," organizer Samir al-Ghadban quoted
a Christian church leader as telling him.

The backers' success in overcoming the obstacles shows the complexity
of civil war, where sometimes despite the atrocities the warring
parties can reach short-term truces.

Al-Ghadban said that the main armed groups in the area Syrian
government forces, rebels and the local militias of Sednaya, the
Christian town near the statue site halted fire while organizers set
up the statue, without providing further details.

Rebels and government forces occasionally agree to cease-fires to
allow the movement of goods. They typically do not admit to having
truces because that would tacitly acknowledge their enemies.

It took three days to raise the statue. Photos provided by organizers
show it being hauled in two pieces by farm tractors, then lifted into
place by a crane. Smaller statues of Adam and Eve stand nearby.

The project, called "I Have Come to Save the World," is run by the
London-based St. Paul and St. George Foundation, which Al-Ghadban
directs. It was previously named the Gavrilov Foundation, after a
Russian businessman, Yuri Gavrilov.

Documents filed with Britain's Charity Commission describe it as
supporting "deserving projects in the field of science and animal
welfare" in England and Russia, but the commission's accounts show it
spent less than 250 pounds ($400) in the last four years.

Al-Ghadban said most of the financing came from private donors, but
did not supply further details.

Russians have been a driving force behind the project not surprising
given that the Kremlin is embattled Assad's chief ally, and the
Orthodox churches in Russia and Syria have close ties. Al-Ghadban, who
spoke to The Associated Press from Moscow, is Syrian-Russian and lives
in both countries.

Al-Ghadban said he began the project in 2005, hoping the statue would
be an inspiration for Syria's Christians. He said he was inspired by
Rio de Janeiro's towering Christ the Redeemer statue.

He commissioned an Armenian sculptor, but progress was slow. A series
of his backers died, including Valentin Varennikov, a general who
participated in the 1991 coup attempt against then President Mikhail
Gorbachev. He later sought President Vladimir Putin's backing for the
statue project.

Varennikov died in 2009.

Another backer, Patriarch Ignatius IV, the Lebanon-based head of the
Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch and All the East, died in 2012. He
had donated the land for the statue, according to church official
Bishop Ghattas Hazim.

By 2012, the statue was ready, but Syria was aflame, causing the
project's biggest delay, al-Ghadban said.

Majority Sunni Muslims dominate the revolt, and jihadists make up some
of the strongest fighting groups. Other Muslim groups along with the
10-percent Christian minority have stood largely with Assad's
government, or remained neutral, sometimes arming themselves to keep
hard-line rebels out of their communities.

Churches have been vandalized, priests abducted. Last month the
extremists overran Maaloula, a Christian-majority town so old that
some of its people still speak a language from Jesus' time.

On Tuesday a militant Muslim cleric, Sheik Omar al-Gharba, posted a
YouTube video of himself smashing a blue-and-white statue of the
Virgin Mary.

Al-Ghadban and the project's most important backer, Gavrilov, weighed
canceling it.

They consulted Syria's Greek Orthodox Patriarch John Yaziji. It was he
who told them "Jesus would have done it."

They began shipping the statue from Armenia to Lebanon. In August,
while it was en route, Gavrilov, 49, suffered a fatal heart attack,
al-Ghadban said.

Eventually the statue reached Syria.

"It was a miracle," al-Ghadban said. "Nobody who participated in this
expected this to succeed."

Associated Press writers Raphael Satter in London and Albert Aji in
Damascus contributed to this report.

[Arpa]

Statue of Jesus Christ, cast in Armenia, erected in Syria

15:13 18.10.2013

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Armneia, Syria

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A statue of Jesus Christ has been installed in war-torn Syria. The statue titled “I have come to save the world” rises above the historic pilgrimage route from Constantinople to Jerusalem, on top of the mountain near the Monastery of the Cherubim in the Syrian city of Saidnaya (2,100 meters above sea level), Komsomolskaya Pravda reports.

The height of the bronze statue is 39 m together with the plinth, which is taller than the statue of the Christ in Rio de Janeiro (38 m).

One can see the sculpture from Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, and Israel. The installation coincided with the Orthodox feast day of the Protection of the Most Holy Virgin Mary and the Muslim feast of Kurban Bayram.

The military actions were stopped in the region during the three days the statue was being installed. The statue was cast in Armenia.

 

 

They should have placed it next to this HARISSA Guardian Protectress near Junieh

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[Arpa]

A better view

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[man]

Russia would be crazy to let Armenia go out from its sphere of influence, that is No & No for Kremlin. Armenia becoming a member of the European Economic Union or Customs Union is of utmost important for Russia since an economic alliance will give strength and a bond to the military strategic alliance Russia has with Armenia. Armenia is very near to Syria (and to Iran) with whom Russia have future plans in the defense, military, economic and trade fields. Armenia is like a stepping-stone on whom Russia have to put its feet in order to walk over further south into Syria, Iran, (and of course Turkey, when Turkey turns naughty toward Russia. Georgia's alliance with the West has made the importance of Armenia to Russia paramount and Russia would be crazy to let Armenia go). I do not know who is this guy William Engdahl (except what is written under his YouTube interview to a Swedish radio, and which is reprinted below), his English has German or Swedish accent, he speaks about Syria, about Turkey, Russia and the Middle East in an analytical way which makes a hearer scratch his head wondering what he is talking about or where did he get his analysis from....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIdIHp1xYDA
Red Ice Radio - William Engdahl - War in Syria & Manufactured
Published in YouTube on Sep 12, 2013
William Engdahl is an award-winning geopolitical analyst, strategic risk consultant, author, professor and lecturer. He has been researching and writing about the world political scene for more than thirty years. His various books on geopolitics - the interaction between international power politics, economics and geography - have been translated into 14 foreign languages. Born in Minnesota, William Engdahl grew up in Texas. After earning a degree in politics from Princeton University, and graduate study in comparative economics at Stockholm University, he worked as an economist and investigative freelance journalist in New York and Europe. William will discuss the serious situation in Syria and the underlying reasons behind the expansion of the empire into yet another Middle Eastern country. He explains how a radicalized version of Islam has been created and used to manage the war on terror. Engdahl describes the dire situation in Europe, with mass immigration and radicalized Islam, causing much conflict and internal struggle. Finally, he outlines the bigger geopolitical chessboard and where he sees the pieces moving if a greater strike on Syria is initiated.

[Yervant1]

16:55 11/11/2013 » Society

Syria conflict: Water supply restored in Aleppo’s Armenian-populated districts

Water supply has been partially restored in Aleppo after a long time, Eragoyn news website reported. It has also been restored in the Armenian-populated districts of Nor Gyugh, Villaner and Suleymaniye.

According to the source, the government does its utmost to return the city to normal life. Water supply will be restored gradually, but there is still no electricity in the city.

Al-Khabar reported that at least 90 rebel fighters were killed in clashes with Syrian government forces near Aleppo International Airport. It added that the authorities of Aleppo are working to restore the city’s power supply, which was cut off after the power generating station was damaged by a rocket attack on Thursday.

Syria's turmoil began with protests against President Bashar al-Assad's regime in March 2011. It crossed an important threshold a year and a half later, when the international Red Cross formally declared it a civil war. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says that more than 41,000 civilians — including 6,000 children and 4,000 women — have been killed during the two-and-a-half-year conflict. About 41,000 fighters loyal to the government have died, and rebel fighters make up about 23,000 of the dead.

 

 

Source: Panorama.am

[Arpa]

http://news.am/eng/news/180271.html

 

November 11, 2013 | 19:39

DAMASCUS. – An Armenian schoolboy was killed and several others were wounded in a mortar blast in Damascus, Editor-in-Chief of Lebanon-based Aztag daily told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

Shahan Kandaharian said the explosion occurred near Bab Shakri bridge, near the Armenian St. Sargis church and National Armenian “Surb Targmanchats” school. The blast occurred when the school children were leaving the school.

Official Syrian media reported about at least five school children killed in the blast.

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Դամասկոսի Ազգային Միացեալ Վարժարնը Սուգի Օր Յայտարարած է

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[Arpa]

Please us more how Bashar is killing women and children.

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http://news.am/eng/news/180717.html

November 14, 2013 |

ALEPPO. – Five Armenians were wounded in a rocket attack on Aleppo, the largest city in Syria.

Hakob Davoyan, Harut Pazarpashyan, Raffi Perperyan, George Gevorg and Tigran Manukyan were hospitalized after an Armenian-populated region was attacked, National Primacy of Aleppo of the Armenian Apostolic Church reported. Hakob Davoyan is in a serious condition.

Power supply is being restored, problems with water supply have been eliminated.

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This is very sad. Beware those weak of heart.

Anoushikner!

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November 13, 2013 | 17:31
Two Armenian children died Monday in the Christian district of the Syrian capital city Damascus.

The children lost their lives as a result of the missile debris that fell near a bus in front of an Armenian school, and while the children were leaving the school, Horizon weekly reports.

Hundreds of people attended the funeral of the children.

Dozens of others, primarily schoolchildren, were injured as a result of this incident.

The two children that died are: Hovhannes Atokanian, 6 (Grade 1), and Vanessa Mikho Bedros (Grade 3).

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=YfZUKavLNGY#t=0

[Johannes]

Reports don't say who is killing. shame.

[Yervant1]

18:31 15/11/2013 » Society

Warsi: Christian minorities 'endangered' in Middle East

Christianity is at risk of extinction in some parts of the world due to growing persecution of minority communities, a minister has warned, according to the BBC.

Baroness Warsi said Christians were in danger of being driven out of countries, such as Syria and Iraq, where the religion first took root.

Syria's civil war and the instability in Iraq has seen many leave.

Baroness Warsi said politicians had a duty to speak out against persecution and appeal for religious tolerance.

In a speech at Georgetown University in Washington DC, the foreign officer minister - who also has responsibility for faith communities - said one in ten Christians were living in countries where they were in a minority.

She told that the BBC that in some cases, Christians were being targeted for "collective punishment" by majority groups in retaliation for what they perceive as the injustices committed by Western powers.

"I am concerned the birthplace of Christianity, the parts of the world where Christianity first spread, is now seeing large sections of the Christian community leaving and those that are remaining feeling persecuted," she told Radio 4's Today.

"Tragically, what's happening is they are being seen as newcomers, being portrayed as an 'other' within that society, even though they have existed there for many, many centuries," she said.

The Conservative peer said Christians were seen as "legitimate targets" over the perceived actions of their co-religionists.

"This concept of collective punishment and them being seen as agents of the West or agents of regimes is wrong," she added.

"We need to speak out and raise this with the countries where this is happening."

Religious pluralism made countries stronger in a whole variety of ways, she said, from broadening the range of educational opportunities to injecting economic dynamism.

 

Source: Panorama.am

[Yervant1]

Top Syrian rebel commander dies

15:44 • 18.11.13

A top Syrian rebel commander has died of wounds he sustained in an air strike on a rebel-held air base in Aleppo province on Thursday, BBC News reported, citing his group.

Abdul Qadir al-Saleh, the leader of Liwa al-Tawhid, died overnight, a spokesman was quoted as telling The Associated Press.
Abdul Aziz Salama, the brigade's political leader, had assumed overall command, the spokesman added.

Liwa al-Tawhid is one of the main rebel forces in Aleppo and is estimated to have between 8,000 and 10,000 fighters.

It was formed in July 2012 to unite the many separate fighting groups operating in the northern Aleppo countryside. Later that month, it led a rebel offensive on the city of Aleppo and took control of several districts.

In January, Liwa al-Tawhid joined the Syrian Islamic Liberation Front (SILF), an alliance of Islamist groups which mostly recognise the Supreme Military Council of the Free Syrian Army but not the National Coalition.

Saleh, a former businessman from the town of Marea, had been meeting other senior figures from Liwa al-Tawhid at the time of the air strike.

Youssef al-Abbas, also known as Abu al-Tayyeb, died soon after the attack. There are conflicting reports about whether he was the brigade's intelligence or financial chief.

Saleh and another senior figure, Abdul al-Aziz Salameh, were meanwhile rushed to a hospital in neighbouring Turkey. The opposition Aleppo News Network reported on Friday that they were in a "good condition".

However, Saleh's subsequently died and was brought back to Syria for burial, Liwa al-Tawhid and activists confirmed on Monday.

"We declare the martyrdom of Abdul Qadir al-Saleh," a statement by the brigade said.
Liwa al-Tawhid arrested 30 people suspected of being government informers following the strike.

"As an individual, he was very, very important, certainly in the Aleppo area, but increasingly as an individual that many in Syria felt represented the revolution," Charles Lister, an analyst at IHS Jane's Terrorism and Insurgency Centre, told the AFP news agency.

"He came from a humble background, was outwardly religious but was very open... and he maintained extremely good relations with almost all groups of all different natures."

He said Saleh's death might "spur on the rebels to launch a counter-attack as the regime advances" on opposition-held parts of Aleppo.

A week ago, Liwa al-Tawhid joined five other rebel groups operating in the city, including the al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra Front, in urging
people to "face up to regime attacks".

Their joint statement said government forces backed by fighters from the Lebanese Shia Islamist movement Hezbollah, Iranian Revolutionary Guards and members of Abu al-Fadl Abbas, an Iraqi Shia militia, had launched a "fierce offensive to reoccupy" Aleppo.

 

Armenian News - Tert.am

Edited November 18, 2013 by Yervant1