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About 550 Armenians, who are in dire situation and lack financial means in Syria’s Aleppo, are waiting for their turn to immediately leave the city, which has been under heavy shelling. 

The Aleppo Compatriotic Charitable Organization (ACCO) has initiated campaign, aimed at organizing donations and providing financial assistance to facilitate the relocation of Syrian Armenians in Yerevan.
The organization informs that the cost of saving one Armenian life is approximately $500, which includes crossing the border of Lebanon, obtaining one-way ticket to travel to Armenia.
Ani Balkhyan, co-founder at ACCO told Panorama.am that most of the registered people wishing to move to Armenia are children, adults, and widows.

25 Syrian Armenians have been provided help to safety move to the motherland over the recent days amid intense turmoil in war-torn Aleppo.
Huge influx of refugees is observed from Aleppo to Syria’s seaside towns, which appear to be safer at present.

“We are looking forward to getting donations from benefactors which is quite difficult. So far we have received financial assistance not only from global Armenian community but also from representatives of other nations,” Balkhyan said, adding 220 people were transferred to Armenia by the organization since the war erupted in Syria

The organization members underline that the call for help does not imply elimination of the Armenian community in Syria since no mass relocation is expected.

The call refers to those Syrian Armenians who are not able to move to Armenia due to the lack of financial means.

To remind, On June 2, the Aleppo neighborhood of Nor Gyugh, predominantly populated by Armenians, came under heavy artillery attack, which left four Armenians killed. Three days later, on June 5, another Armenian was killed during severe clashes in Deir ez-Zor. Armenian-populated districts are continuously being shelled. The Armenian nursing home, the Armenian Catholic Holy Trinity Church in al-Midan quarter of Aleppo as well as other educational, civilian and historical buildings were significantly damaged in the recent attacks.