Armenian killed in Hassake, his son is wounded

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 5, ARMENPRESS. According to unofficial information armed rebels killed an Armenian in al Hassake city near the Turkish border. His son is wounded. As reports "Armenpress" this was stated in facebook pages of the Armenians from Aleppo. They state that the accident happened at the time, when the rebels tried to kidnap the Armenian young man. In accordance with the information the deceased Armenian is Abd al Ahad Pachora. Although, this news has not been officially approved yet. Telephone connection is out of order either.

On December 5 Press Secretary of the Armenian National Prelacy of Aleppo Jirayr Reisian stated that situation in Aleppo is rather calm, one cannot hear shooting and explosions as frequently as before. In addition he said that electricity is still being interrupted and telephone connection has not finally been fixed yet.

Our compatriot from Kessab also informed us that telephone connection has now been restored and the intense situation of the last week changed to relatively peaceful one. Road to Latakia is open now. Notwithstanding from time to time one can hear shootings.

As to the situation in Damascus our compatriot informed us that the situation in the capital is calm, but the situation in Armenian-populated Jaramana region is still intense, as the road to the airport is rather close to this region.

Clashes in Syrian lasting more than 20 months caused the death of about 40 thousand people.