Armenians wounded in Aleppo armed raid

Scores of people, including five Armenians, were wounded in recent bomb attacks in Aleppo, Syria.

Two Armenian districts, Nor Kyugh and Zhapriye, are reported to be the target or rocket and mortar shelling and gas balloon explosions. The raids have damaged a nursing house roof, Perio News reports on tis Facebook page.

Rocket strikes have been quite frequent in many Armenian districts of the city over the past days.

The Aleppo-based newspaper Gandzasar says in a post on Facebook that a bomb attack in Nor Kyugh has left four Armenians wounded.

A total of nine Armenians are reported dead.

The condition of the injured is thought to be serious.