Yerevan has Absorbed 16,000 Armenians from Syria and is Ready to Take in 16,000 More

Since the beginning of the conflict in Syria in 2011, more than 16,000 ethnic Armenians have come to Armenia, 4,000 during 2015 alone; and officials say that Yerevan is ready to take in 16,000 more, a step that would virtually end the Armenian presence there and put new pressure on Moscow to allow Circassians to return to the North Caucasus.

There were approximately 150,000 Armenians in Syria in

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Yerevan has Absorbed 16,000 Armenians from Syria and is Ready to Take in 16,000 More