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Kessab, Kesab or Kasab (Arabic: كسب [kæsæb], Armenian: Քեսապ, Kesab) is a mostly Armenian-populated town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Latakia Governorate, located 59 kilometers north of Latakia. It is situated near the border with Turkey on the slope of Mount Aqraa, 800 meters above sea level. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Kessab had a population of 1,754 in the 2004 census. Along with the surrounding villages, the sub-district of Kessab has a total population of around 2,500.
With its dry climate and encirclement by wooded green mountains and deep valleys, Kessab is a favoured vacation resort for Syrians, mainly from Aleppo and Latakia.
Administratively, Kessab belongs to the Latakia District; one of the governorate's four Manatiq, and the centre of Kessab nahiyah sub-district. The town has around 2,000 inhabitants, mainly Armenians. The name of the town is thought to be derived from the Latin Casa Bella (i.e. the Beautiful House).
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Սթիվ Շեխուքյանը հայրենի Էքիզոլուխ գյուղի գրավման ժամանակ գերեվարվել է գրոհայինների կողմից. նրա ձեռքերը շղթայել են պատուհանի ճաղավանդակին... Սիրանուշ Սարգիսը երկու զավակների և ամուսնու հետ մի քանի անգամ փոխել է իր բնակության վայրը: Վերջին կանգառը Քեսապն էր... Մարտի 21-ից հետո նրանք այդ տունն էլ լքեցին: Լիբանանի Անջար գյուղում ապաստանած բազմաթիվ քեսապահայերի պատմություններն այսքանով չեն սահմանափակվում: Մարիա Թիթիզյանը զրուցել է նրանցից շատերի հետ: Մանրամասները` տեսանյութում: Steve Shekhukian was captured by rebels when his native village of Ekizolukh came under attack. They handcuffed him to the bars on a window...Siranush Sarkis, along with her husband and two children have fled from city to city in search of peace. Their final stop was Kesab, but on March 21, they were forced to leave once...
In the early morning hours of March 21, 2014, the historic Armenian town of Kesab, located on the Turkey-Syria border came under attack by Syrian rebel forces headed by the Al-Qaeda affiliated al-Nusra Front, Sham al-Islam and Ansar al-Sham. Thousands of Armenians were forced to flee to Latakia. Most of the evacuated Armenians were able to return to Kesab, but today, one year after the attack, their situation remains perilous. © Copyright of this report belongs to the Civilitas Foundation. In accordance with the editorial policy of CivilNet (the media project of the Civilitas Foundation), materials may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, displayed, published or broadcast without the prior consent of CivilNet. You may not alter or remove any trademark, copyright or other notice fr...
Bedros Terzian, President of the Armenia Fund of France, talks about the reasons and mechanisms for rallying support to the refugees from Kesab. Fonds Arménien de France BP 12, 75660, Paris Cedex 14 Hayastan All-Armenia Fund ARDSHININVESTBANK 247010003090 (AMD) 247010003090/0001 (USD) SWIFT: ASHBAM22 Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia FRANSABANK SAL "Antelias Branch" Lebanon Account name: CATHOLICOSSAT ARMEIEN DE CILICIE IBAN: LB87 0001 0002 4753 8500 0030 3501 SWIFT Code: FSAB LB BX Help Your Brother "Ognir Yeghbord" Anelik Bank 11807008554300 (AMD) 11807008554302 (EUR) 11807008554303 (RUR) AGBU Humanitarian Emergency Relief Fund for Syrian Armenians https://donate.agbu.org/agbu-urgent-appeal © Նյութի հեղինակային իրավունքները պատկանում են Սիվիլիթաս հիմնադրամին: ՍիվիլՆեթի խմբագրական ...
KESAB Drop something sport TV campaign - school boy chucking litter from the bus window.
KESAB cleaning the streets for 40 years
This was in October 2008. Although my grandmother emigrated from Kesab to the U.S., many of her relatives did not. My grandmother's sister was celebrating her 90th birthday, and although my grandmother couldn't make the trip, I went with my dad to visit. If anyone from Kesab has any videos, especially of folk songs in Kesabsi (not sure how to spell that correctly), the dialect of Armenian spoken in Kesab, please let me know and upload them! Also, this is one of my first attempts at making at using editing software and posting a video on youtube, so I'm sorry if it seems quite amateurish :p Any tips on how to improve would be appreciated!
I lived my life on a razor blade
Never found escape in my empty shade
Till came one day when the c.i.a
Said we need you bad down in leningrad
I took my life of a legal alien
A "bolivian dancer" that's what i was
And I knew I found my aim
Just telephone mama
Just living on a poison pill
Just telephone mama
A robot dressed to kill
Telephone mama
That's all I kept in mind
Just telephone mama
The rest is left behind
I met freulein in a french caf?
Just a cigarette and "les jeux sont faits"
Till came one night when she was in sight
Through the bathroom door saw her seek for more
I took my colt and I pointed at her eyes
A sentimental cancer that's what it was
And I knew I lost my prize
Just telephone mama
Just living on a poison pill
Just telephone mama
A robot dressed to kill
Telephone mama
That's all I kept in mind
Just telephone mama
The rest is left behind
She looked at me god she was so sweet
She knelt to my feet said she had to cheat
Cause she lived her life on the sharpest knife
And the k.g.b never let her breathe
I took her hand we decided to go far
The naivest "dancer" that's what I was
And two men approached the car
Just telephone mama
Just living on a poison pill
Just telephone mama
A robot dressed to kill
Telephone mama
That's all I kept in mind
Just telephone mama