Kevork Almassian

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Born	1987 Aleppo,Syria
Nationality	Syrian
Ethnicity	Armenian
Alma mater	University of Kalamoon
Religion	Armenian Apostolic Church
Syrian journalist and geopolitical analyst

Kevork Almassian is a Syrian-Armenian journalist and geopolitical analyst living in Germany who hosts Syriana Analysis on YouTube. He became a political analyst since the beginning of the country's devastating eight-year regime change war starting in 2011, supporting the government side rather than the rebel militias. "You serve Syria by not leaving public opinion abroad to the enemies of the country."

Background

Almassian was born in 1987 in the Sheikh Taha neighborhood of Aleppo, into the Armenian community. He studied International Relations and Diplomacy at the University of Kalamoon in Rif Damascus and later pursued studies in European Affairs and Middle Eastern Politics in France and Lebanon. In 2010, he moved to Lebanon for further education while keeping a strong connection to Aleppo by visiting his family every week.

The outbreak of the Syrian conflict in 2011 drastically changed their lives. In mid-2012, his brother was kidnapped by the Tawhid Brigade, a militant group, and the family was forced to pay a $12,000 ransom for his release. This traumatic event led his parents to flee Syria later that same year. They initially sought refuge in Beirut before relocating to Armenia, where they stayed until 2020. That year, they returned to Aleppo but left again in December 2024 following the fall of the Assad government.

Asylum

He sought asylum in Germany in 2015. In 2019 Germany came under pressure to "review" his status. In January 2021, Germany rescinded the asylum status of Almassian. As of 2024 he was still living there.