Today, April 24, is Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day. The Genocide Education Project offers a summary of that tragic event which transpired during World War I (1914-1918): "More than one million Armenians perished as the result of execution,
The evidence is overwhelming. "Each girl had been nailed alive upon her cross, spikes through her feet and hands." Aurora Mardiganian, Ravished Armenia. Often overlooked. is that this was less a genocide of Armenians and more a genocide of
"These military attacks by Recep Tayyip Erdogan s regime are part of a wider Turkish policy of annihilation of the Kurdish and Assyrian [Christian] people in northern Syria and Iraq. Turkey has committed war crimes and crimes against humanity, including
“We welcome the release, even though it has taken so long, but we are still concerned, said Ignacio Delgado Culebras, the Middle East and North Africa representative for the Committee to Protect Journalists. We need to find out if there are any charges pending against him and we would also like [Hayat Tahrir Al Shams] to allow journalists to do their job freely without arresting them at random, and allow more press freedom in the area under their control.
A US State Department official said: “The welfare and safety of US citizens abroad is one of the highest priorities of the [department].