YEREVAN, AUGUST 28, ARMENPRESS: On August 28 in Jobar district of Damascus in unknown conditions Armenians were killed. Armenpress was informed from Armenian primacy of Damascus that Petros Matosyan born in 1963, Gevorg Matosyan born in 1966 and 22 years old Levon Matosyan. The primacy tries to take their corpses out of the zone of the conflict.

According to Syrian centre of Human Rights Defense Organization the ongoing clashes have resulted in the death of over 19000 people. By the info of Arab mass media more than 12000 were peaceful civilians, while more than 5000 were security officers. Among the victims there were 7 Armenians, 2 of which were the Syrian Army militaries. Because of lasting disturbances in Syria a number of people are leaving the country, getting refugee status in other countries. Recently Syrian Armenian Community representatives are also quitting the state. The applications submitted from Syria by our compatriots are being envisaged by accelerated procedure, at least within ten days.