Author: Kanayan Tamar

GLENDALE ARMENIAN COMMUNITY PROTESTS REBEL TAKEOVER OF SYRIAN CITY

Los Angeles Times
April 4 2014

By Brittany Levine

April 4, 2014, 11:30 a.m.

The Armenian community in Glendale is reacting with anger to the
takeover by rebels of the Syrian town of Kasab near the Turkish border
that is home to about 2,500 Armenian Christians.

Many Armenians consider the region to be historically part of their
homeland. The Syrian rebel forces who overran the town came in
through the Turkish border in March, prompting inhabitants to flee
the violence.

The takeover also was a painful reminder of the Armenian genocide,
demonstrators said in Glendale, which is preparing to commemorate
the 99th anniversary of the genocide later this month.

PHOTOS: Armenian community gathers to protest attacks in Kasab

“This is where I spent my childhood and it hits home. My grandfather’s
house is being looted. My aunt’s house is being looted,” said Lena
Bozoyan, executive board chairman of the Glendale-based Armenian
Relief Society Western USA. “We as a Christian nation, we as the
believers of the free, we, a democratic people and country, are not
saying a word. This is outrageous.”

Plenty is being said, however, on social media, where debate and
protest over the incursion has raged.

A Glendale youth organization joined the fray, creating a campaign
featuring the hashtag #SaveKessab, which got the attention of thousands
of Twitter and Facebook users, including celebrities Kim Kardashian
and Cher, as well as Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank), the Glendale
News-Press reported.

Protestors have demonstrated in front of the Turkish Embassy in Los
Angeles, as well as the Armenian Consulate in Glendale.

Local Armenians have long been engaged with the situation in Syria,
where family and friends have been enduring a prolonged period of civil
war. The Syrian Armenian Relief Fund, launched in 2012 in partnership
with the Armenian Relief Society and other Armenian philanthropic
groups, has sent tens of thousands of dollars abroad in assistance.

Last week, the fund sent roughly $100,000 to Kasab refugees.

But as news spreads about the city’s fate through social media,
critics fear the #SaveKessab movement is contributing to the spread of
misinformation — especially false YouTube videos of mass killings —
diluting long-running efforts to get the Armenian genocide recognized
worldwide.

Information from the U.S. State Department about what’s happening in
Kasab is sparse, but last week a spokeswoman said department officials
were “deeply troubled” by recent fighting and violence against the
Syrian Armenian communities.

That lack of information has created a void that critics say has
been filled with misinformation, some of which has been spread by
concerned Armenian groups.

Caspar Jivalagian, chairman of the Armenian Youth Federation Western
Region USA in Glendale, which created the hashtag, said despite
criticism of the #SaveKessab campaign his organization’s goal was to
spread awareness of the innocent suffering during the war.

“Maybe there is misinformation being spread, but it’s not being done
by our organization,” he said. “There is distress in the region and
the youth are not turning a blind eye.”

Glendale resident Garo Ghazarian, who is chairman of the Armenian
Bar Assn., said he is traveling to the region soon. His relatives
were among the dozens of Kasab residents who stayed behind during
the takeover.

But when his uncle recently called their home Kasab unfamiliar voices
answered the phone, saying in Arabic: “This is our house now.”

Since word of Ghazarian’s planned journey has spread through the local
Armenian community, he has been receiving dozens of emails from people
asking him to find their relatives, too.

“The purpose of me going there is to see that individuals are safe,”
Ghazarian said. “I am unable to work. I’m better off going there. Even
if I can do one thing, it would be one better thing than sitting here.”

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SOURCE: SERZH SARGSYAN AND GAGIK TSARUKYAN MEET

by Ashot Safaryan

ARMINFO
Friday, April 4, 17:45

Following the meeting with Speaker of the Armenian National Assembly
Hovik Abrahamyan, Prosperous Armenia Party Leader Gagik Tsarukyan
met with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, ArmInfo’s source reports.

In the meantime, Tsarukyan’s Spokesperson Ivetta Tonoyan has neither
confirmed nor denied this information. To recall, on April 3 Armenian
Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan resigned from the post of Prime Minister
during the Thursday meeting of the Supreme Body of the Republican Party
of Armenia. President Serzh Sargsyan has accepted the resignation. In
compliance with Article 55 of the Constitution of the Republic of
Armenia, President Serzh Sargsyan is to appoint a new prime minister
within 10 days. Afterwards, the new staff of the Government will be
formed within 20 days. All the ministers automatically become acting
ministers before the new premier is appointed.

DOCUMENTARY ABOUT KESSAB SCREENED IN YEREVAN

April 04, 2014 | 15:17

YEREVAN. – The first part of Kessab film series was screened at the
Media Center in Yerevan on Friday.

The first film presents history of ancient Armenian regions located
on the coast of Mediterranean Sea on the border with Syria and Turkey.

The main characters are people of a unique Armenian cultural island –
Kessab. They represent their history from the time of Tigranes the
Great till the 21st century. They also touch upon deportation and
robbery organized byTurks in 1909, the Armenian Genocide of 1915 and
return to native lands three years later.

The native of Kessab, ethnographer Hagop Cholakian, Arabic scholar
Nizar Khalili tell the story of Kessab based on facts. The inhabitants
of Armenian-populated settlement from small children to the elderly
present their stories and cultural traditions.

A 102 -year-old native of Kessab Galil Nana (Galiliya Manchikyan)
tells about her memories connected with the genocide.

The authors of documentary filmed in 2009-2010 are Hamazasp Keshishian,
Nane Bagratuni, Liparit Asatrtyan.

In the early morning on March 21, armed militants from the Jabhat
al-Nusra Islamic terrorist group infiltrated into northern Syria’s
Latakia Governorate, which is predominantly inhabited by Armenians
and Alawites, from four directions.

News from Armenia – NEWS.am

CSTO LEADERS CALL FOR END TO KESSAB CRISIS

Friday, April 4th, 2014

Foreign Ministers of CSTO countries meet in Moscow, April 3, 2014.

MOSCOW–The Foreign Ministers of the constituent countries of the
Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) met in Moscow on
Thursday, where they adopted a statement voicing concern for the
situation in the Armenian-populated town of Kessab, Syria, and its
surrounding region.

The leaders expressed their “deep concern” over the occupation
of Kessab by al-Qaeda-linked armed groups, which resulted in the
displacement of 2000 Armenians from the historically Armenian town.

“We severely criticize terrorist actions and the application of force
against the peaceful population,” the statement said. “We support
the speediest halt to violence and secure return of refugees. We are
convinced that the normalization of the situation is possible only
with the exclusion of external interference and violence, through
a broad-based political dialogue, considering the interests of all
Syrians regardless of their ethnicity and religious affiliation,”
the statement read.

The CSTO Foreign Ministers urged all interested parties to work in full
compliance with international law and to end the bloodshed in Syria
and reach a peaceful solution on the basis of the Geneva Convention
of June 30, 2012.”

UKRAINE ARMENIANS URGE FOR INTN’L ATTENTION TO KESSAB

18:21 * 04.04.14

The Armenian Community of Ukraine has called for the international
efforts to condemn the violent attacks on Kessab, the Armenian
populated Syrian border town.

AnalitikaUA.net quotes the community’s president, Vilen Shatvoryan,
as saying that they have been keeping track of the developments in
Syria for quite a long time and maintain a permanent dialogue with
the local Armenians.

“The international community is eye-witnessing a tragedy in Kessab;
it reminds us of what we have survived in the earlier chapters of
our history. We cannot put up with injustice,” he said.

The Armenian Community of Ukraine is the only pan-Ukrainian
organization uniting all the local Armenian organizations. Kessab
came under Islamist militants’ attack on March 21, forcing the local
Armenians to flee from homes and find a refuge in the Armenian church
of the port city of Latakia.

Armenian News – Tert.am

SERGEY LAVROV IS FOREIGN OFFICIAL MOST FREQUENTLY VISITING GENOCIDE MUSEUM

19:47, 4 April, 2014

TSAGHKADZOR, APRIL 4, ARMENPRESS: The officials visiting the Armenian
Genocide Museum and Tsitsernakaberd Memorial can be divided into
two groups. One of them includes those who display real interest,
the second group includes those who visit by the rite.

Deputy Director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute Suren
Manukyan stated this at the course of the conference entitled
“Youth policy: from main issues to illustration”. “Part of them are
the officials who are aware of the Armenian Genocide and come with
interest, the other part include those people who just come for the
rite,” Manukyan said as reported by Armenpress.

He underscored that the President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili
is sufficiently informed about the Armenian Genocide who visited
Tsitsernakaberd and honored the memory of the Armenian Genocide
victims during his recent official visit to Armenia. “I felt that he
was well-informed because when I introduced him the reality he very
frequently made observations himself showing that he was aware of
the material,” Suren Manukyan said.

The foreign official most frequently visiting the Genocide Museum
is the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey
Lavrov.

According to Suren Manukyan Sergey Lavrov visits the Museum very
frequently and every time he has new questions and interests.

Conference entitled “Youth policy: from main issues to illustration”
has launched in Tsaghkadzor.

DAVUTOGLU CLARIFIES ERDOGAN’S SYRIA WAR REMARKS

Cihan News Agency, Turkey
April 3 2014

Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoðlu has clarified the statements of Prime
Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoðan, who said that Syria is in a state of
war with Turkey, noting that the situation in Syria is an extremely
serious matter that needs to be paid attention to by Turkey.

“Hundreds of thousands of people have been killed and fled from the
country. Turkey’s borders have been violated many times. … Turkey
shot down a Syrian military jet three weeks ago. That is why this is
an extremely serious matter that needs to be followed by Turkey. This
is what our prime minister means,” said Davutoðlu when asked by a
reporter on Wednesday whether Turkey was at war with Syria.

During his “balcony speech” on election night, Erdoðan stressed that
Syria is in a state of war with Turkey and criticized the leaking of
a recorded conversation concerning whether Turkey should conduct a
military operation in Syria ahead of Sunday’s elections, allegedly
between Davutoðlu and certain government officials.

“How can you threaten our national security? Syria is in a state of
war with us. They are harassing our planes. They have martyred 74 of
our brothers, and the tomb of Suleyman Þah is our land. An attack on
it is an attack on 780,000 square kilometers. Can we remain silent
about such a thing?” the prime minister said in his speech.

The audio recording, which was uploaded to YouTube on March 26,
reveals a top-secret conversation allegedly between Davutoðlu, Foreign
Ministry Undersecretary Feridun Sinirlioðlu, National Intelligence
Organization (MÝT) head Hakan Fidan and Deputy Chief of General Staff
Gen. Yaþar Guler.

Davutoðlu noted that the situation in Syria has gone beyond a civil war
and that the Syrian regime has been committing crimes against humanity.

Davutoðlu also noted that the tomb of Suleyman Þah in Syria, the
burial place of the grandfather of Osman I, the founder of the Ottoman
Empire, is a Turkish territory according to the 1921 Franco-Turkish
agreement. An article in the 1921 Franco-Turkish agreement lets
Turkey keep guard and hoist its flag at the tomb, described as Turkish
property, an arrangement accepted by an independent Syria.

“That place is the territory of the Turkish Republic. Our soldiers
there are protecting Turkey’s territory. Any intervention, no matter
for what reason and with which way, against them would be considered
as an intervention against Turkey’s territory and will be retaliated
accordingly. Turkey is decisive and capable to protect its citizens
and its territory,” said Davutoðlu.

An attack or harassment of the Turkish soldiers at the fenced
compound on a strip of land jutting into the water near the village of
Karakozak, about 25 kilometers from Turkey, may pull Turkey into a war.

According to a report published in Cumhuriyet daily on Thursday, in
the event of an attack on the tomb of Suleyman Þah, NATO’s “common
defense” mechanism would not come into play.

Article 5 of NATO’s founding treaty indicates that an attack on any
one of the allies should be considered an attack on all of them and
also calls for a collective defense. However, former United Nations
resident representative of Turkey, Ambassador Umit Pamir, told the
daily that NATO will not intervene if the tomb is attacked. “Legally,
any attack on the tomb of Suleyman Shah, which is the only Turkish
territory outside of Turkey’s borders, will not put in action NATO’S
‘common defense’ mechanism because Turkey had not recorded the tomb
as Turkish territory when it became a member of NATO,” said Pamir.

Meanwhile, Turkey has recently said that its doors are “wide open”
to the largely Armenian residents of the Kessab region of Syria,
which is under threat from clashes between Syrian rebel forces.

Davutoðlu noted that there was no need for an extra preparations for
the Armenians fleeing to Turkey, adding that since the beginning of
the Syrian war, Turkey opened its doors to all Syrians regardless of
their ethnic, religious and sectarian differences.

SYRIAN CIVIL WAR COMES TO ARMENIAN COMMUNITY

Santa Fe New Mexican
April 3 2014

By Loveday Morris
The Washington Post SantaFeNewMexican.com | 0 comments

ANJAR, Lebanon – Some fled in their nightclothes, others in their
farming boots straight from the fields. Many thought they’d be able
to return in a few hours, but now fear they may never again.

Until the shells started raining down late last month, the tiny Syrian
village of Kassab and surrounding villages had been largely sheltered
from the three-year civil war that has devastated other parts of the
country. But now it is the focus of a rebel offensive into Syria’s
coastal province of Latakia, and an accompanying social media storm
of disinformation.

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A lush, mountainous idyll abutting the Turkish border, Kassab is an
ancestral home of Syria’s minority ethnic Armenians, Christians who
have lived on the land for a millennium. But the attack by hardline
jihadist rebels sparked a mass exodus from the villages.

The picturesque Armenian hillside villages in the north of Latakia
provide a foothold for an offensive into the rest of the province —
a heartland for Syria’s minority Alawites, who are largely supportive
of President Bashar Assad.

The area has little other strategic value to the opposition, but the
limited gains there have boosted rebel morale amid a string of defeats
elsewhere, with the leader of the main Syrian opposition body, Ahmad
al-Jarba, making a rare visit into Syria this week to tour the area
and visit fighters.

The Armenian diaspora, including some celebrities, has expressed
outrage, demanding that the United States act to protect Syria’s
minority Armenian community. The State Department has said it is
“deeply troubled” by the developments.

Some government loyalists have jumped on the incident to launch a
propaganda campaign accusing rebels of mass killings and desecrating
churches, sparking fierce rebuttals from opposition activists.

But the people of Kassab, like the 7 million others who have been
displaced by the war, are focusing on trying to rebuild their lives
after being torn from their land. At least 30 families have fled to
neighboring Lebanon, seeking refuge in the Armenian village of Anjar
and in the capital Beirut, and the testimonies of more than a dozen
shed some light on the events surrounding the offensive.

All but about 30 of the area’s roughly 2,500 residents fled within 48
hours of the attack, they said. The fate of those who remained, who
were too old or unwilling to leave, is unknown, with communications
to the area now cut. There was no major loss of life, they say, with
just one known death, that of a local teacher who was hit in her car
by a sniper as she tried to flee.

Still, the mass exodus is particularly emotional, with Armenians from
Kassab forced to leave their homes twice in just over 100 years due
to persecution at the hands of the Turks.

They first fled during the Adana massacre of 1909, when tens of
thousands of Armenians died at the hands of the Ottomans.

Then, in 1915, as many as 5,000 of Kassab’s residents died during
the fracturing empire’s murderous campaign against the Armenians,
which is widely recognized as a genocide.

“Now it’s 2014 and we are being displaced again,” said a 41-year-old
farmer’s wife who arrived in Lebanon a week ago. Like others fleeing
the loyalist area, she declined to be named for fear of reprisals if
she and her family return.

“But thank God that this time there is no massacre. We believe that
as Armenians what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.”

Once again, the Armenians see the hand of their long-standing enemy
behind their displacement, claiming the rebel attack was launched
from Turkish soil. Many of the farms and homes in what was once a
popular tourist spot have sweeping views of the Turkish border.

The offensive, they say, began at about 5 a.m. March 21, with villagers
waking to the sound of heavy machine-gun fire, followed by shelling.

First struck were two Syrian border posts, according to the accounts of
several residents. Manned only by lightly armed Syrian border police,
they said there was little in the way of defenses against the push
by jihadist rebel groups, which included the al-Qaida-linked Jabhat
al-Nusra and Islamist Ahrar al-Sham.

Not long after, the main border crossing to Turkey fell, residents
said.

Villagers had evacuation plans prepared. In case of an attack,
instructions were for women and children to congregate in the village
of Nabaeen, the furthest from the Turkish border, with a back road
to Latakia.

By 7 a.m., one Nabaeen farmer said about 50 people had gathered at
his house. “People were crying and yelling that they had nothing with
them. Some were in their slippers and pajamas,” he said. “It was a
sad situation.”

Despite the chaos, many grabbed the deeds to their houses — an
instinct, they say, for a people with a history of displacement. Some
of the men stayed behind to see how the situation developed.

“We left all our valuables, and had nothing more than the clothes we
were wearing,” said one 40-year-old mother of three. As the shelling
picked up, by 11 a.m. most of the families had left Nabaeen for the
safety of Latakia, 35 miles south, as Syrian army reinforcements made
their way north.

By March 23, rebels had reached the center of Kassab. Villagers
point to Turkey’s shooting down of a Syrian jet attempting to hit
the invading rebels later that day as further evidence of Turkish
support for rebels.

A Turkish diplomat, who declined to be named because of the sensitivity
of the subject, said that no rebels are “deliberately” allowed to use
the Turkish border, and if there was shelling into Kassab from Turkey
on March 21, it was due to new rules of engagement, which allow its
armed forces to retaliate when fired at to deter further attacks.

Jihadist fighters who entered Kassab have gone to lengths to stress
that they are not desecrating churches or there to hurt the civilian
population.

The mother of three said that after she arrived in Latakia with her
children, she called home, and a man who identified himself as a
member of Jabhat al-Nusra answered.

“He said come back, why did you leave your home? We have come here to
protect you,” she recalled, though she said he later said she should
convert to Islam before returning. “I pleaded with him eat and drink
whatever you like, but please don’t destroy the house.”

But Kassab residents are not convinced, and some fear they will never
be able to feel safe in the area again, even if the Syrian government
succeeds in pushing out the rebels.

One farmer, who sold his car in Latakia to afford the journey to
Lebanon, says his grandmother survived a notorious death march from
the village to the city of Homs during the genocide, but still returned
to Kassab.

This time he’s not sure his family will make it back.

“Our roots are there, everything is there,” his wife said, “but
we can’t.”

TURKEY WELCOMES SYRIAN ARMENIANS

Daily Sabah, Turkey
April 2 2014

Syrian Armenians fleeing clashes between the Assad regime and Free
Syrian Army are welcome in Turkey for security and shelter, says
Foreign Minister Davutoglu

Serdar Karagöz

BRUSSELS — Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, speaking to
Daily Sabah on his way to the NATO summit in Brussels, said Turkey
would remain sensitive to developments in the region and follow an
independent foreign policy, despite the fact that such policies often
draw opposition from various groups around the world.

The foreign minister said recently published news about Turkey in
foreign media needs to be taken with a grain of salt. Davutoglu added
that some organs had insinuated that there were links between al-Qaeda
and Turkey, dismissing these claims as “black propaganda.”

“Turkey’s name cannot be mentioned in the same sentence as al-Qaeda or
any of its affiliates. This is deliberate propaganda,” he said. The
foreign minister said Turkey’s stance vis-a-vis Syria was clear
and was based on humanitarian objectives, noting that international
organizations have praised the country’s efforts in helping Syrian
refugees numerous times.

He said Turkey had also made humanitarian needs a priority concerning
the recent clashes in the Kasab region, where Armenians lived. “Turkey
has opened its door to Armenians caught in the crossfire. I personally
spoke to Armenian foundations and [members of the] community in order
to ensure Armenian refugees knew they were welcome in Turkey,” he said.

Davutoglu said Armenians fleeing clashes between the Assad regime and
the Free Syrian Army had begun to arrive in Turkey, adding that Turkey
was ready to do anything for Armenians’ security and peace of mind.

Yesterday, two Armenian sisters, Surpuhi (80) and Satenik (82)
Titizyan, who had fled their home in Kasab, arrived at the Yayladagı
Customs post and were received at the Yayladagı Teachers Home.

The sisters, greeted by Yayladagı local administrator Turan Yılmaz
and municipal police chief Akif Kızılkaya, thanked Turkish officials
for their help and invited Yılmaz to visit them in their home village
when the violence ends. The sisters later contacted their relatives
living in Turkey and said they would travel to the Armenian village
of Vakıflı, officials said.

WORLD-FAMOUS ITALIAN BRAND LUISA SPAGNOLI INTRODUCES NEW COLLECTION IN ARMENIA

by Elita Babayan

Tuesday, April 1, 18:34

The world-famous Italian brand Luisa Spagnoli has introduced its new
Spring-Winter 2014 collection of fashion women’s clothing at Luisa
Spagnoli Boutique in Yerevan, the brand’s exclusive representative
in Armenia, Shen Holding Company, told ArmInfo.

Manager of the Boutique Mery Voskanyan says the company has already
introduced some new arrivals on occasion of the Women’s Day (March
8). The summer collection will arrive in Armenia in early April
timed to the Mother and Beauty Day that is celebrated in Armenia on
7 April. Along with women’s clothing, Luisa Spagnoli Boutique offers
a new collection of accessories: leather bags, bands, and much more.

According to the manager, the Boutique has announced a 50%-60%
sale for the last collection. Voskanyan says Luisa Spagnoli cloths
are made from natural fabric of famous European manufacturers and
feature unique style and color solutions. “The brand is designed for
middle-aged women with pure taste. Luisa Spagnoli clientele comprises
also tourists from Russia, where this branch is more expensive than
in Armenia,” the manager says.

The Spring-Summer collection includes dresses of bright colors,
stylish blouses, pullovers, skirts and pants, jackets for various
occasions â?” from extravagant to classical models.

Luisa Spagnoli Boutique in Yerevan opened in 2011 (located in Northern
Avenue 5). Luisa Spagnoli was an Italian businesswoman, famous for
creating a brand of women’s fashion clothing and chocolate brand
in Perugina. Luisa Spagnoli founded her first shop in Perugina 90
years ago. The company is the leader in manufacture and distribution
of women’s fashion clothing and accessories. It has a wide chain of
boutiques in Italy (148 specialized shops).