Kesab Mayor Vazgen Chaparyan has denied information about mass murders of Armenians depicted on photos and videos posted on the Internet, RIA Novosti reports.
The mayor has not confirmed disappearance of 40 Armenian residence in Kesab. He said that there were 38 old people in Kesab who were moving to Latakia in groups. 20 of them have already moved. Chaparyan clarified that about 700 Armenian families had found refuge in Kesab.
Chaparyan said that houses in Kesab were looted and belongings were taken to Turkey by car. He admitted that the Turkish government was involved in the perpetrations.
Kesab is a city on the Syrian-Turkish border. It has about a thousand Armenian residents.
Militants fighting against the Syrian regime attack Armenian residences.
