{"id":1646,"date":"2014-03-31T19:52:45","date_gmt":"2014-03-31T19:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ancnews.info\/?p=1646"},"modified":"2014-03-31T19:52:45","modified_gmt":"2014-03-31T19:52:45","slug":"armenian-montrealers-urge-canadian-government-to-intervene-in-kessab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ancnews.info\/?p=1646","title":{"rendered":"Armenian Montrealers urge Canadian government to intervene in Kessab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When news came that the historic Armenian-inhabited village of Kessab in Syria had been attacked by rebel forces and its people were forced to flee, a shudder went through the global Armenian community. <!--more Continue reading \/ \u0531\u0574\u0562\u0578\u0572\u057b\u0568  \u2192--><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"250\" height=\"100\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/video\/swf\/UberPlayer.swf?state=shareaudio&amp;clipId=2445680672&amp;width=512&amp;height=126\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"250\" height=\"100\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/video\/swf\/UberPlayer.swf?state=shareaudio&amp;clipId=2445680672&amp;width=512&amp;height=126\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kessab, normally a 2,000-person village on the border between Syria and Turkey, was primarily settled by Armenians in the 14th and 15thcenturies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Just over a week ago, insurgents with reported ties to al-Qaeda pushed into the area with Turkey\u2019s blessing, forcing Armenians from their homes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Online, the hashtag #SaveKessab is being used on social media platforms to draw attention to the devastation the village and its people have faced in the Syrian civil war.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Montreal, Lalai Manjikian, an Armenian-Montrealer with family inKessab, said she fears for the town, which she described as a \u201cgorgeous, mountainous village\u201d just a few kilometres from the Mediterranean Sea.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cLike many Armenians throughout the world, I feel personally a deep historic and ancestral connection to Kessab,\u201d Manjikian told CBC Daybreak host Mike Finnerty on Monday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe situation is dire. Our family members have fled Kessab and they\u2019ve taken refuge mainly in Latakia (a major port city in Syria),\u201d Manjikiansaid. \u201cThey now find themselves in complete limbo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hagop DerKatchadourian, the chairman of the Armenian National Committee International Council, said forces opposed to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have moved in and taken control ofKessab.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said major damage has been done to homes, many of which are centuries-old, in Kessab and that churches in the small village had been \u201cdesecrated\u201d by anti-Assad rebel forces.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIt is definitely taken at this stage because those forces are still roaming the streets,\u201d Der Katchadourian said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said, however, that it is important to distinguish between legitimate rebel forces fighting the Assad regime, and extremist groups ransacking the area.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Both Der Katchadourian and Manjikian called on the Canadian government to continue protecting minority groups in Syria, as well as to provide humanitarian assistance to displaced Armenians.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Der Katchadourian also said the Canadian government and Prime Minister Stephen Harper should tell Turkey that allowing cross-border attacks is not acceptable.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cTurkey is a major regional power and as such it has full control of its frontiers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">HORIZON WEEKLY<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When news came that the historic Armenian-inhabited village of Kessab in Syria had been attacked by rebel forces and its people were forced to flee, a shudder went through the global Armenian community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1647,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[133],"class_list":["post-1646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-news-","tag-anc-international"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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