Islamic State destroys Armenian genocide memorial church

September 23, 2014

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has destroyed the Armenian Genocide memorial church in Deir ez-Zor, Syria’s 6th-largest city, according to Armenian media reports.

Armenian Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandyan called the act a “horrific barbarity.”

Ottoman Turkish officials forced many Armenians to march through the desert to Deir ez-Zor during the 1915 genocide.

 

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Further information:

• Islamists destroy Armenian Genocide Memorial Church in Deir ez-Zor (PanARMENIAN.Net)
• Destruction of Armenian church in Syria is cultural genocide, says Deputy Speaker (ArmeniaNow.com)