(Damascus) On the 14th and 15th of June the Syrian army regained control of Kasab. The city, inhabited by Armenians city in northwestern Syria, is less than three kilometers from the Turkish border and 17 kilometers from the Mediterranean. It had been captured in March by anti-Assad rebels.
As the Armenian Patriarch Nerses Bedros XIX Catholic Tarmouni explained, the advancing Syrian soldiers provided a picture of devastation. Alle Kirchen der Stadt wurden von den Islamisten zerstört. All the churches of the city were destroyed by the Islamists. The crosses were torn from the churches, the icons damaged or burned, statues smashed. The churches were burned down and the walls smeared with Islamist slogans and the Koranic suras.
The reclaiming of Kasab was attended by the regular Syrian associations, self-defense units formed by Syrian Armenians in part and associations of the Shiite Hezbollah from Lebanon.
On March 21, the attack of the Islamists had begun. Particularly active was the Al-Qaida Salafist associated Al-Nusra Brigade.
As the Armenian Patriarch Nerses Bedros XIX Catholic Tarmouni explained, the advancing Syrian soldiers provided a picture of devastation. Alle Kirchen der Stadt wurden von den Islamisten zerstört. All the churches of the city were destroyed by the Islamists. The crosses were torn from the churches, the icons damaged or burned, statues smashed. The churches were burned down and the walls smeared with Islamist slogans and the Koranic suras.
The reclaiming of Kasab was attended by the regular Syrian associations, self-defense units formed by Syrian Armenians in part and associations of the Shiite Hezbollah from Lebanon.
Islamists Systematically Destroyed Christian Symbols
On March 21, the attack of the Islamists had begun. Particularly active was the Al-Qaida Salafist associated Al-Nusra Brigade.
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