YEREVAN, AUGUST 23, ARMENPRESS. Armenian families living in Syria’s Hasakah region try to remain in safe places and overcome the hardships rising from armed clashes, Editor-in- Chief of Aleppo-based “Gandzasar” weekly Zarmik Poghikian told “Armenpress”.

She informed that the city faces serious humanitarian catastrophe.

“Particularly at night hours fierce clashes occur between the Syrian army and the militants of the Kurdistan Workers' Party but the day hours are relatively calm. The population has also to overcome the social conditions as well. The electricity was off for over 4 days”, Zarmik Poghosyan said, adding there are also difficulties for acquiring food, including bread.

She also mentioned that according to a source of “Gandzasar”, 64 Armenian families currently live in Hasakah, the majority of who are elderly people since the younger ones have left the city for job opportunities in other places.

“Armenians have suffered no material or human losses up till now. The Armenian community tries to demonstrate respectful attitude to all the parties of the confrontation and not to be involved in it. The Church is shut down”, Zarmik Poghikian said, mentioning that Armenians have no intention to leave thje city yet, hoping the situation will normalize in the near future.

Syrian forces and Kurdish fighters have agreed upon a Russia-brokered ceasefire in the north-eastern city of Hasakah, according to PressTV.

The truce includes a "halt to all hostilities and the return to government forces of any positions seized by Kurdish fighters," said a Syrian military source on Sunday.  

Despite both parties battling the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group, clashes erupted on Wednesday between the US-backed Kurds and troops loyal to the Syrian government.

According to the terms of the ceasefire, the injured from the fighting will be transferred to the close-by town of Qamishli.

Seven army checkpoints, which were seized by Kurdish forces during the clashes, have been returned to the control of government forces, but three still remain in Kurdish control.