Nouvelles d’Arménie monthly of France was able to ascertain the identity of the Armenian who was killed on September 9 nearby Aleppo, and as a result of a clash between the Syrian army units and the insurgents.  

The killed young man was Vardan Byurklyan, who could not be saved by the Armenian “emergency assistance” staff that had arrived on the scene, Press Secretary Jirayr Reisyan of the National Primacy of Aleppo of the Armenian Apostolic Church told Nouvelles d’Arménie 

To note, more than ten Armenians have lost their lives ever since the beginning of military operations between the Syrian government forces and the insurgents.

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