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    Kessab (Arabic: كسب [kæsæb]; Armenian: Քեսապ, romanized: Kesab), also spelled Kesab or Kasab, is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of...
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    the rebels' established strategic bridgehead consisting of the town of Kessab and nearby territory remained. By mid-June a new advance by government forces...
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  • pyramid. The Syrian border villages of Kessab and Yakubiyah had Armenian majorities prior to the civil war. Kessab was attacked and looted by Islamist Syrian...
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    Kessab Subdistrict (Arabic: ناحية كسب) is a subdistrict of Latakia District in Latakia Governorate of northwestern Syria. The administrative centre is...
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    regional capital; other major settlements include Al-Haffah, Ibn Hani, Jableh, Kessab, Manjila, Qaranjah, Qardaha and Salma. The following cities are the administrative...
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    system across the eastern part of the Syro-Turkish border The Syrian town of Kessab, with the peak of Mount Aqra (Turkey) in the background Hatay dispute Syria–Turkey...
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    include Homshetsi, spoken by the Hemshin people; the dialects of Armenians in Kessab, Latakia and Jisr al-Shughur in Syria, Anjar in Lebanon, and Istanbul and...
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  • the Syrian Turkmen homeland. Bayırbucak includes the main settlements of Kessab, Ras al-Bassit, Umm al-Tuyour, Burj al-Islam, Ghimam, as well as the Turkmen...
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  • Hanadi Subdistrict Hanadi al-Bassah Fideo al-Sanawbar al-Shir Kessab Subdistrict Kessab Qastal Ma'af Subdistrict Qastal Ma'af al-Badrusiyah Balloran Umm...
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    Homshetsi, spoken by the Hemshin peoples; the dialects of Armenians of Kessab (Քեսապի բարբառ), Latakia and Jisr al-Shughur (Syria), Anjar, Lebanon, and...
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    other major cities, such as Damascus and in one small town exclusively in Kessab. Although Syria does not recognise any minority languages, the Armenians...
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    Housepian, an Armenian-American physician born in the Armenian village of Kessab in Syria, was a medical relief worker in Russian Armenia during the Armenian...
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    during the 2014 Latakia offensive in the battle for a border crossing at Kessab with Turkey in the north of Latakia. Suleiman al-Assad, Hilal's son, was...
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    Hanadi Subdistrict Hanadi al-Bassah Fideo al-Sanawbar al-Shir Kessab Subdistrict Kessab Qastal Ma'af Subdistrict Qastal Ma'af al-Badrusiyah Balloran Umm...
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    Sidewinder fired by a Turkish F-16 in the vicinity of the Syrian town of Kessab. The pilot ejected safely and was recovered by friendly forces. Turkish...
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    The Promise, a 2016 film climaxing around the events of 1915 on Musa Dagh Kessab Western Armenian: Քապուսիե, romanized: Kʿabusie; Turkish: Kapısuyu Western...
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  • Turkish border including the strategic Observatory 45 and the border town of Kessab. Eventually the rebel coalition were defeated in the middle of June due...
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  • qəssab in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Kasab may refer to: Kasab or Kessab, a town in Syria Kasab, Iran, a village in Sistan and Baluchestan Province...
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    Jebel Aqra جبل الأقرع Jebel Aqra overlooking the town of Kessab Highest point Elevation 1,728 m (5,669 ft) Prominence 1,276 m (4,186 ft) Listing Ribu Coordinates...
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  • Marcello; Hakobyan, Arsen (2021). Syrian Armenians and the Turkish Factor: Kessab, Aleppo and Deir ez-Zor in the Syrian War. Cham: Springer International...
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  • traditionally the heart of the Armenian homeland) to Talish (near Yerevan) to Kessab (near the Mediterranean Sea, now in Syria) to Trebizond (on the coast of...
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  • Hanadi Subdistrict Hanadi al-Bassah Fideo al-Sanawbar al-Shir Kessab Subdistrict Kessab Qastal Ma'af Subdistrict Qastal Ma'af al-Badrusiyah Balloran Umm...
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  • Hanadi Subdistrict Hanadi al-Bassah Fideo al-Sanawbar al-Shir Kessab Subdistrict Kessab Qastal Ma'af Subdistrict Qastal Ma'af al-Badrusiyah Balloran Umm...
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    784. Main localities: Umm al-Tuyour, al-Badrusiyah, Balloran and Zighrin. Kessab Subdistrict (ناحية كسب): population 1,927. Hanadi Subdistrict (ناحية هنادي):...
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    conifer-sclerophyllous-broadleaf forests Turkish Pines (Pinus brutia) near Kessab, Syria Ecoregion territory (in purple) Ecology Realm Palearctic Biome Mediterranean...
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    agglomeration, 6,605 inhabitants in Hai Rabah and 3,520 inhabitants in Hai Kessab. A commune created in 1845, Misserghin was established as a full-fledged...
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  • Homs Holy Trinity Church, Kessab Armenian Evangelical Church of Ekizolouk, Kessab Armenian Evangelical Church of Keorkuneh, Kessab Armenian Evangelical Church...
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  • Hanadi Subdistrict Hanadi al-Bassah Fideo al-Sanawbar al-Shir Kessab Subdistrict Kessab Qastal Ma'af Subdistrict Qastal Ma'af al-Badrusiyah Balloran Umm...
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  • Hanadi Subdistrict Hanadi al-Bassah Fideo al-Sanawbar al-Shir Kessab Subdistrict Kessab Qastal Ma'af Subdistrict Qastal Ma'af al-Badrusiyah Balloran Umm...
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    Armenian-populated villages in Syria: including Aramo, Al-Ghanimeh (Ghnemieh), Kessab (2,000–2,200) in Latakia; and Yakubiyah in Idlib. Aleppo has the Armenian...
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