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Picture of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad riddled with holes on the Aleppo police academy, after capture by Free Syrian Army fighters, March 4, 2013. REUTERS/Mahmoud Hassano

Activists From Armenian Parties, Aoun’s Movement Fight in Syria along Regime Forces

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 26, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut- A video posted by an activist from Deputy Michel Aoun’s Free Patriotic Movement drove a wave of criticisms on Monday, for including interviews conducted with a group of Armenian fighters in the city of Aleppo calling on other Armenians to join their ranks in...

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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to the media in his office in Ankara on April 23, 2014. (AP Photo)

Turkey calls WWI Armenian killings ‘shared pain’

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 23, 2014 | World

Ankara, AP—Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday offered an unprecedented conciliatory message to Armenians on the eve of the anniversary of the massacre of Armenians almost a century ago. Erdoğan called the events of World War I “our shared...

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A Syrian Christian stands at the entrance to a monastery in Mishtaya. (Louai Beshara/AFP/Getty Images)

Syria’s Christian Community Under Attack

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 28, 2013 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—The plight of Syria’s Christian community has returned to the fore once again this week after opposition forces claimed that the Assad regime has targeted churches in the Deir Ezzor region. Websites affiliated with the Syrian opposition...