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The Armenian tricolor 100 meters long at Mount Nemrut

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arton115125-480x320On August 12, 2015, the day after the anniversary of the creation of the Armenian calendar in 2492 BC, according to mythology, a group of Armenian pilgrims have deployed 100 meters of the tricolor around the Armenian ancestral statues of Mount Nemrut in memory to 100th Anniversary of Genocide 1915.

Mount Nemrut is an Armenian sanctuary peak at 2203 meters above sea level north of the Syrian border overlooking the valley of the Euphrates and the main Turkish city of Adiyaman.

The mausoleum, inscribed in 1987 on the list of UNESCO World Heritage, is home to several colossal statues representing the heads of major Armenian gods: Vahagn, Anahit, Aramazd, Commagene Antiochus and goddess. On this terrace are also can see the steles of Mithridates I and his mother Laodice, and at each end an eagle and a lion, Armenia coat of arms.

Sunday, August 16, 2015,
Jean Eckian © armenews.com

100,000 militants, fragmented into 1,000 bands, are fighting in Syria: Study

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A British defense study shows that about 100,000 foreign-backed militants, fragmented into 1,000 groups, are fighting in Syria against the government and people.

jammas_hussain20130916013341977The extracts of the study by defense consultancy IHS Jane’s were published on Monday in The Daily Telegraph.

IHS Jane’s estimates that some 10,000 militants are fighting for groups affiliated with al-Qaeda such as al-Nusra Front and the rest fight for different militant groups.

The analysis also said that a large number of extremists from foreign countries are also active in Syria.

Syria has been gripped by deadly unrest since March 2011. According to reports, the Western powers and their regional allies — especially Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey — are supporting the militants operating inside Syria.

According to the UN, more than 100,000 people have been killed and a total of 7.8 million of others displaced due to the violence.

Al-Nusra and other militant groups accuse Damascus of launching the August 21 chemical weapons attack which they claimed killed about 1,400 people.

The government has rejected the accusation, saying it has proof that the militants were behind the attack.