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YEREVAN, DECEMBER 27, ARMENPRESS. An elderly Armenian woman has died in the bombing in Aleppo on December 25. Our source in Aleppo stated this in a conversation with “Armenpress” News Agency. The surname of the deceased was Mousallin. The incident happened in the Armenian-populated New Village district. Among other things our source underscored that notwithstanding the bombing in the Armenian-populated districts, the situation on December 26 was relatively calm in comparison with the previous days and no human casualties have been recorded.
Previously it was reported that two Armenians have been wounded in explosions, which rocked Suleymanie, Telifon Hauoay and other regions of Aleppo on December 25. The journalist of the Aleppo-based "Gandzasar" weekly Zarmik Poghikyan stated this in a conversation with "Armenpress". Among other things our compatriot noted that Ani Davtyan and Ara Aramian received injuries. They study in the Pan-National Institution on Armenian Studies and Karen Jeppe Armenian College respectively. Also, an Armenian family was wounded, notwithstanding no other details regarding the incident are available at the moment.
The death toll in Syria's civil war has risen to at least 125,835, more than a third of them civilians, but the real figure is probably much higher, the Syrian activists confirm. Armenpress reports, quoting the Arab media, that the pro-opposition monitoring group also appealed to U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and "all people in the international community who have a conscience" to increase their efforts to end the 2-1/2 year war.
The conflict began as peaceful protests against four decades of rule by President Bashar al-Assad's family, but under a fierce security force crackdown, turned into an armed insurgency whose sectarian dimensions have echoed across the Middle East.
The activists put the number of children killed in the conflict so far at 6,627. It put the death toll among rebels fighting the Assad government at least 27,746 rebels, including more than 6,000 categorized as foreign fighters or unknown combatants.
There is information, according to which the number is likely much higher but in many battles, the number of rebels killed is hidden, especially by the (al Qaeda-linked) Nusra Front and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. They stated that they had documented 50,430 deaths among the Syrian armed forces and local militias supporting Assad, but said that number too was probably higher.
According to the data provided by the UN, during the 2,5 year war the number of the victims in Syria exceeded 120,000, among them 65 Armenians.