- Clashes reported between Syrian Government forces and Kurdish groups in Aleppo: no Armenians among civilian casualties.
- National Primacy of Aleppo provides the inner hall of the St. Gregory the Illuminator Church as a shelter for the Armenian population.
- Consulate General of Armenia in Aleppo continues its activities.
- Turkey’s government will support the restoration of the Armenian Forty Martyrs Children’s Church.
- Teams from Kyiv and Washington discuss diplomatic ways to end the war in Ukraine.
- US will receive 30 to 50 million barrels of oil from Venezuela at market prices: Trump.
- US Secretary of State says that what happened in Venezuela cannot be repeated in Greenland: Barrot.
- Heavy snowfall in Europe: hundreds of flights canceled, at least 5 people die due to incidents.
Ruben Rubinyan meets with Speaker of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Ruslan Stefanchuk
On October 16, the President of the RA National Assembly Ruben Rubinyan being in Rome to participate in the European Conference of Presidents of Parliament
18/10/2026
