ALEPPO. – It is not possible to claim for sure that the Armenian-populated districts are controlled by one of the conflicting parties. There are permanent clashes in Aleppo districts. They pass from authorities to opposition and vice versa, editor-in-chief of the Lebanon-based Armenian newspaper Aztag Shahan Kandaharian told Armenian News-NEWS.am. 

As for the Syrian-Armenians, Kandaharian said that there is no big flaw of refugees to Lebanon. There are several families who live with their relatives temporarily, while their permanent moving to Lebanon is out of question.

Earlier the agency informed referring to the Syrian sources that the Armenian districts in Aleppo passed to the opposition as the unofficial data claimed. However, other reports claimed that the government forces are trying to resist the armed rebels, Syrian Sana information agency reported.