Imagine having to be worried about being butchered just because you are Christian? The Armenians must feel that this is a replay of the genocide against them which happened in the early 20th century.
Ethnic Armenians tell of flight from Kasab, their town in Syria
'We knew we would be butchered if we stayed,' says one man who made it to safety in Lebanon as rebels advanced from Turkey, a situation with historic parallels.
BEIRUT They fled Kasab at daybreak, amid the clamor of artillery and word that Islamist rebels were advancing toward them from Turkey.
About 2,500 residents, most of them ethnic Armenians, gathered documents and what few possessions they could carry. They piled into cars and minibuses that carried them 40 miles down mountain roads to the government-held city of Latakia. Only some elderly remained behind, residents said.
"We escaped with the clothes on our back," said one of those who eventually made it to Lebanon.
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Ethnic Armenians tell of flight from Kasab, their town in Syria
'We knew we would be butchered if we stayed,' says one man who made it to safety in Lebanon as rebels advanced from Turkey, a situation with historic parallels.
BEIRUT They fled Kasab at daybreak, amid the clamor of artillery and word that Islamist rebels were advancing toward them from Turkey.
About 2,500 residents, most of them ethnic Armenians, gathered documents and what few possessions they could carry. They piled into cars and minibuses that carried them 40 miles down mountain roads to the government-held city of Latakia. Only some elderly remained behind, residents said.
"We escaped with the clothes on our back," said one of those who eventually made it to Lebanon.
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