The Social Democrat Hunchakian Party (SDHP) joins Armenians around the world that revolt and follow with a deep concern the fate of Syria’s predominantly Armenian-populated town of Kessab and its Armenian population.

“Kessab would not have become an arena of conflict without the participation of the Turkish authorities, forcing our compatriots to expatriate yet again.

“[But] the sole comfort is that they were able to get to safe places without the loss of human lives. Nonetheless, difficult days await our compatriots, and they long for moral and material assistance.

“To that end, we urge our compatriots to redouble their efforts so that our compatriots [in Syria] are able to surmount these severe ordeals,” the SDHP statement specifically reads.

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. Two large groups of terrorists had launched the attack from Turkey. Numerous displaced Kessab Armenians are currently sheltered in Latakia city. On March 23, Turkish fighter planes downed in Kessab a Syrian military aircraft that was conducting a mission against the Islamic terrorists.