Armenia sends more mine-clearing experts, doctors to Syria
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Armenia has sent a new team of experts to Syria to help clear mines and provide medical assistance.
The Armenian Defense Ministry said Wednesday that the group replaced a team of 83 de-mining experts, medical personnel and security officers who had served a stint in Syria earlier this year. One of the Armenian mine-clearing experts lost his foot in a mine explosion.
Ministry spokesman Artsrun Hovhannisyan says the group that arrived in Aleppo on Tuesday will conduct the mine-clearing effort in conformity with international standards. The team will also provide medical assistance to residents of Aleppo where it will be based.
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Before the war, Aleppo in northern Syria was home to 110,000 ethnic Armenians, one of the world's largest Armenian diasporas. About 22,000 have since moved to Armenia.