Aleppo’s district, where the Armenian Apostolic Church Diocese building is located, has passed under the control of Syria’s government troops, the source in Syria’s Armenian community informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.   

But as Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, according to unofficial information, the Armenian district of Aleppo had passed under the control of Syria’s rebel forces, Armenian News-NEWS.am’s sources had informed. 

Contradictory information is coming in from Aleppo, since the Syrian government army is attempting to withstand the insurgents.

The Internet and telephone connections are not operational, and it is impossible to establish a link with the Armenians living in Aleppo. According to our source, the Armenians are staying in their homes and are not going out into the street.      

To note, around 60,000 Armenians live in Syria, and great majority of them reside in Aleppo and Damascus.