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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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  • 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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    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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    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 Syria–Turkey barrier...
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    of God Holy Mother of God Church, Kessab, unknown, renovated in 1880 Holy Mother of God Church of Karadouran, Kessab, 1890, rebuilt in 2009 Surp Anna Church...
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  • Evangelical Churches of Kessab (Kessab, Syria). Christian Endeavor Youth Association of the Armenian Evangelical Churches of Kessab (Kessab, Syria). Christian...
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    city of Kessab, which was looked at as one of the most significant Armenian majority towns in Syria. News agencies and local residents of Kessab reported...
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    Homshetsi, spoken by the Hemshin peoples; the dialects of Armenians of Kessab, Latakia and Jisr al-Shughur of Syria, Anjar of Lebanon, and Istanbul and...
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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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    Jebel Aqra جبل الأقرع Jebel Aqra overlooking the town of Kessab Highest point Elevation 1,717 m (5,633 ft) Coordinates 35°57′9″N 35°58′9.5″E / 35.95250°N...
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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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    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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    Armenian descent live in Syria. They compose a majority in the towns of Kessab and Yakubiyah, and play a part in the political life of Syria. During the...
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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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    The Promise, a 2016 film climaxing around the events of 1915 on Musa Dagh Kessab The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America's Response By Peter...
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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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  • counteroffensive. On 14 June, Ba'athist government forces retook the town of Kessab in northern Latakia Governorate, while rebels took over Tall al-Gomo near...
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    spoken by Syrian Armenians) Vakıflı Armenian (in Vakıflı, Turkey) Kessab Armenian (in Kessab, Syria) Latakia Armenian (in Latakia, Syria) Jisr al-Shughur Armenian...
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  • Herter on June 5, 1913, in Kessab in present-day Syria. John Herter was the director of a German-run orphanage in Kessab. He received his B.A. and his...
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  • on other rebels elsewhere in Syria. The terrorists and militants seized Kessab and other strategic areas which pro-government Syrian forces and other allied...
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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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    Balloran al-Bassah Burj Islam Burj al-Qasab Fideo Hanadi al-Jandiriyah Kirsana Kessab Mashqita Mushayrafet al-Samouk al-Qanjarah Qastal Ma'af Rabia al-Safsaf...
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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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    Balloran al-Bassah Burj Islam Burj al-Qasab Fideo Hanadi al-Jandiriyah Kirsana Kessab Mashqita Mushayrafet al-Samouk al-Qanjarah Qastal Ma'af Rabia al-Safsaf...
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    Transfer the management of the Reyhanlı – Cilvegözü border crossing and the Kessab Customs crossing to the Syrian authorities, Opening a commercial corridor...
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  • 2018-06-24. "Hardine, Lebanon". Fodel.net. "Hardine, The Lourdes of Lebanon". Lebanon Untravelled. "Hardine - Beit Kessab". Localiban. 29 July 2015. v t e...
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  • (1945−2013), Syrian Syriac Catholic archbishop Yumna Kassab, Australian novelist Kessab, or Kassab, a town in Syria Kasab (disambiguation) Qasab (disambiguation)...
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    Africa: Johannesburg Switzerland: Geneva Syria: Aleppo, Damascus, Qamishli, Kessab, Latakia United Kingdom: London United States: Boston, Canoga Park, Chicago...
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