By Asbarez | Thursday, 27 August 2015
Two Armenian families originally from Kobane will move from Turkey to Armenia, according to Archbishop Ateshyan (Source: Public Radio of Armenia)
ISTANBUL (Public Radio of Armenia)—Two of the three Armenian families of the Syrian town of Kobane, who fled to Turkey following the Islamic State’s attack on the town last year, are set to move to Armenia according to Ermenihaber.am, quoting a statement by the Armenian patriarchate of Istanbul.
The families voiced their wish to move to Armenia during a meeting with the Patriarchal Vicar of Constantinople, Archbishop Aram Ateshyan, at a refugee camp.
Ateshyan will see the families off to Armenia on August 30.
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