YEREVAN. – The Internet videos in the context of the events in Kessab may be shot in Syria, but, clearly, they were not filmed in Kessab.   

Serj and Aram Kalukian, former residents of Syria’s predominantly Armenian-populated town of Kessab, stated the aforementioned at a press conference on Tuesday.

In Serj Kalukian’s words, the photographs of children’s corpses likewise were not taken in Kessab, since the children were the first to be evacuated from the town. And once the Syrian troops take control of the city, the overwhelming majority of the Kessab residents plan to immediately return to the town.

The Kalukian also noted that, according to the recent data, the Syrian army managed to achieve some success and deal a significant blow to the militants.

They added that the Kessab residents are ready to return home, start all over, and set up a self-defense of the town.
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. Two large groups of terrorists had launched the attack from Turkey. About 600 Kessab-Armenian families are currently sheltered in Latakia city. On March 23, Turkish fighter planes downed a Syrian military aircraft that was conducting a mission against the Islamic terrorists in Kessab. A group of Armenia parliament members recently visited Syria to assess the situation in the region.