Content tagged with Syrian Armenians

Most Syrian Armenians have left the country, while those remaining are in fear
Most Syrian Armenians have left the country, while those remaining are in fear
Syrian Armenian journalist Kevork Almassian: "In Kessab, a town historically home to a vibrant Armenian population, the community has largely fled, fearing a fate similar to that of Alawites in neighbouring areas."
28 March 2025 Akanda Taştekin
Ministry of Diaspora: 18.000 Syrian migrants are granted citizenship
Ministry of Diaspora: 18.000 Syrian migrants are granted citizenship
According to Armenian Ministry of Diaspora, 18.000 Syrian Armenians have been given Armenian citizenship in 2016.
28 December 2016 Haber Merkezi
Humanitarian aid from Armenia to Aleppo
Humanitarian aid from Armenia to Aleppo
The attacks against the Armenian neighborhoods in Aleppo have recently increased and Armenia decided to send humanitarian aid to Syria. The first plane carrying the aid arrived at Latakia.
4 October 2016 Varduhi Balyan
Bezciyan welcomes Syrian children
Bezciyan welcomes Syrian children
9 September 2016 Baruyr Kuyumciyan
Being a Syrian Armenian in Istanbul
Being a Syrian Armenian in Istanbul
There is only one Syrian Armenian in Istanbul that I know. Though I know him for one and a half year, I couldn't have managed to learn about his story. And once I learned about it, I thought that his story should be shared.
3 September 2016 Varduhi Balyan
The Armenians who stay and resist in Aleppo
The Armenians who stay and resist in Aleppo
There are Aleppo Armenians who stay there; they are resisting and struggling for their lives… Maybe they have to stay there, though they would prefer to leave; maybe they don’t have anywhere else to go or they don’t want to be refugees no matter what…
28 August 2015 Vahakn Keşişyan
A survival story from Aleppo to İzmir
A survival story from Aleppo to İzmir
21 years old law student Claudia Brounsouzian first went to Mersin with her mother. Then, she went to Cyprus and tried to go to Europe from there. However, she couldn’t have managed to go to Southern Cyprus and because of that, she returned to Turkey; but this time, she went to İzmir. We talked to Brounsouzian about her story of migration from Aleppo to Turkey.
17 August 2015 Vartan Estukyan
‘Turkey is responsible of whatever happens in Kessab’
‘Turkey is responsible of whatever happens in Kessab’
People continue their struggle to survive in Kessab, a town on the border of Syria with Turkey in the Hatay province area. Following the occupation of the town by Al-Nusra forces last year, the Armenians in the town had been dispersed, with most of them coming to Vakıflı Village in Hatay, and had returned after the Syrian army had retaken the town. However, the people of Kessab now face the threat of ISIS.
26 February 2015 Vahakn Keşişyan