Kassab Resident, Rafi, Testimony of Terrorist/Turkish Attack on Kassab in March 2014

Rafi, an Armenian from Kasab, northwestern Syria, tells of the events of Mar 21, 2014, when insurgents fired mortars and missiles on Kasab, then invaded the village.

"On March 21, NATO-backed mercenary forces and Turkish Armed Forces launched a massive offensive on the Syrian border town of Kasab in the Latakia province. The unprecedented overt military aggression by Turkey and its NATO allies is the clearest indication of their desperation in the face of Syria's steady progress towards a decisive victory on all fronts.

...on March 21, backed up by the heavy artillery fire of the Turkish Armed Forces, over 1500 mercenaries launched a coordinated assault from at least five separate points across Turkey's border with Syria. They were directly commanded by NATO's radar base on Keldagi (Mount Aqraa) on the border and supported by the Turkish Armed Forces. The mercenaries used pick-up trucks fitted with anti-aircraft weapons, tanks belonging to the Turkish Armed Forces, vehicles loaded with heavy weaponry and lorries. The primary and initial assault was the one launched from the Yayladagi border gate to the opposite Kasab border gate, during which masked Turkish special forces troops killed 15 Syrian border guards."
http://www.globalresearch.ca/nato-and-turkeys-genocidal-war-on-syria/5377216

"The Armenian populated villages of Kessab, Syria were the target of three days of brutal cross-border attacks from Turkey by al-Qaeda affiliated armed bands, which have cost 80 lives and forced the civilian population of the area to flee to neighboring hills, with many seeking safe-haven in the nearby cities of Latakia and Basit."

---from "Reports Cite 80 Dead in Kessab; Churches Desecrated"
http://asbarez.com/121007/reports-cite-80-dead-in-kessab-churches-desecrated/

see also:

Armenian Homes in Kessab Looted, Occupied
http://asbarez.com/121079/armenian-homes-in-kessab-looted-occupied/

Syria's Kessab: The devastation of an Armenian safe haven
http://english.al-akhbar.com/node/19173

The Liberation Of Kassab
https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2014/07/02/the-liberation-of-kassab/

https://ingaza.wordpress.com/syria/syria-my-published-articles-from-and-on-syria-2014-2022/