Syrian-Armenian writer presents book on Aleppo war

Writer Lala Minasyan-Miskaryan has presented to Russian journalists her Armenian-language book, The Syrian Diary, describing the sufferings of Aleppo residents since the city’s occupation by militants, the news agency TASS reports.

"I wrote about what was around me from the first day of the warfare in the city. The world must know about the incredible pain ordinary Syrians had to survive when Aleppo was seized by terrorists," she said, adding she once had been literally within an inch of death when a shell hit her apartment in Aleppo’s Armenian quarter.

The 200-page book was published in Lebanon with a print run of 700 copies.

The writer also expressed the Aleppo population’s gratitude to the Russian military for their contribution to the city’s liberation. Her next book will be dedicated to the city’s revival, she added.