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SYRIA: IS FIGHTERS DESTROY MEMORIAL CHURCH OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Independent Catholic News
Sept 22 2014
Posted: Monday, September 22, 2014 3:08 pm
Jihadists of the Islamic State have destroyed an Armenian church in
Deir el Zor in Syria - a city with a Kurdish majority, which they
conquered recently.
The remains of thousands of victims of the Armenian Genocide, which
took place a century ago, are buried at the church. Armenian Foreign
Minister Edward Nalbandian, condemned the destruction of the church
as a "horrific barbarity".
The church was consecrated in 1991 as a memorial of the genocide. The
building also included a museum with images, documents and memorabilia
of the people and communities that were lost.
Is fighters killed hundreds of tribal members in the governorate of
Deir el-Zor August and in recent months also fought with Islamist
militiamen of the al-Nusra rival faction to gain control of the area.
http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=25597
Independent Catholic News
Sept 22 2014
Posted: Monday, September 22, 2014 3:08 pm
Jihadists of the Islamic State have destroyed an Armenian church in
Deir el Zor in Syria - a city with a Kurdish majority, which they
conquered recently.
The remains of thousands of victims of the Armenian Genocide, which
took place a century ago, are buried at the church. Armenian Foreign
Minister Edward Nalbandian, condemned the destruction of the church
as a "horrific barbarity".
The church was consecrated in 1991 as a memorial of the genocide. The
building also included a museum with images, documents and memorabilia
of the people and communities that were lost.
Is fighters killed hundreds of tribal members in the governorate of
Deir el-Zor August and in recent months also fought with Islamist
militiamen of the al-Nusra rival faction to gain control of the area.
http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=25597