YEREVAN. – All Kessab Armenians want to come back to their homes in Syria, member of the public chamber Gagik Manasyan told reporters.

There are only 30-40 families of Kessab Armenians in Armenia, Manasyan added.

“I am confident that majority of Kessab Armenians will return to Syria. It is the most powerful community, and it should be preserved,” said Manasyan who is a member of a working group on Kessab issues.

Another member of the group Markos Hovhannisyan noted that all churches in Kessab have been destroyed, but renovation works are underway.

“Attempts to resume cultural ceremonies are made. At the moment there is a task to resume spiritual life of the Armenian community,” he emphasized.

On March 21, armed militants from the Jabhat al-Nusra Islamic terrorist group infiltrated into northern Syria’s Latakia Governorate. Two large groups of terrorists had launched the attack from Turkey. About 600 Kessab-Armenian families have been initially sheltered in Latakia city. Kessab was liberated by the Syrian army on June 15.