ALEPPO, Syria (A.W.)—Kamishli-born Syrian Armenian Viken Vosgerichian (b. 1983) was among those killed in Aleppo during a missile attack on Feb. 13, according to a report by the Aleppo-based Armenian news outlet Kantsasar. According to the report, the attack came from militant opposition groups. Perio News, another Aleppo-based news outlet, reported that the attack targeted the mostly Christian-populated districts of Suleymanieh, Nor Kyugh, and others.
Several other individuals sustained injuries and were transported to nearby hospitals, while many buildings—including homes and stores—as well as several vehicles suffered extensive damages or were destroyed in the missile attack, according to Perio News.
The attack comes less than two weeks after Aleppo’s Armenian-populated Nor Kyugh district was attacked by missiles on Feb. 3, according to a report by Perio News. One of the missiles in the Feb. 3 attack hit an area between the St. Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Apostolic Church and the Sahagian Armenian School of Aleppo; another landed near an Armenian nursing home. According to the report, while some people sustained injuries, there were no casualties in that attack.
Just over two weeks before that attack, on the morning of Jan. 17, the Armenian Evangelical Emmanuel Church in Aleppo’s Munshieh district was severely damaged after militant groups launched a missile attack on several Aleppo neighborhoods, including Munshieh, Azizieh, and Saad Jabri. According to Kantsasar, the church was hit a few hours after Sunday Mass.
The Armenian Relief Society (ARS) Eastern USA announced on Feb. 3 that it had raised more than $100,000 (USD) for Syrian-Armenian relief in the past 6 months.
The ARS of Eastern USA recently transferred $44,000 to the “Sponsor a Syrian-Armenian Family” program. In 2013, it launched the program to help assist Syrian-Armenian families in need. The program accepts donations in any amount to distribute basic needs like food, water, safe shelter, baby formula, clothing, and utilities.
The ARS of Eastern USA continues to collect donations for Syrian-Armenian relief. To make an online donation, visit http://arseastusa.org/donate, or mail checks to The Armenian Relief Society of Eastern USA, Inc., 80 Bigelow Avenue, Suite 200, Watertown, MA 02472.
The ARS Eastern USA a 501(c)(3) is charitable organization. All donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
Plz assist
Piublicize this guys death and the circumstances of his death and continued attacks onArmenian civilians to the American media. Tell the OTHER side of the story
Correct. We write about continuing attacks on the Armenian community in Syria Armenia (Artsak) in Armenian papers for Armenian readers. Those who need to read about current atrocities by Turkey and other terrorist groups are non Armenians who read the New York Times, LA Times, The Boston Globe, The Economist, etc. etc.