No Armenian citizens among victims of Aleppo clashes
No Armenian citizens have been identified among the victims of Aleppo clashes, Armenian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Ani Badalyan told 1lurer.am on Friday.
“According to the information available at the moment, there are no Armenian citizens among those affected by the events,” she said.
Rebel forces have launched a major offensive in north-western Syria, capturing territory from President Bashar al-Assad’s forces for the first time in years, BBC News reported.
The Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and allied factions said they had seized control of a number of towns and villages in Aleppo and Idlib provinces since Wednesday.
The Syrian military said its forces were confronting a “large-scale” attack by “terrorists” and inflicting heavy losses on them.