Armenians in Syria — A Tragedy Inside A Tragedy

Their ancestors survived the genocide of 1915. They were marched through the desert and left to die on the banks of the Euphrates. But some survived — and they settled in Syria. In Aleppo. In Damascus. In Deir ez-Zor, the very place where their relatives were massacred. Over one hundred years they built an entire world there. Armenian schools. Armenian churches. Armenian newspapers. Armenian neighborhoods in the heart of Arab cities. At its peak the Armenian community in Syria numbered one hundred thousand people. Then 2011 came. And history repeated itself. This is the full story of Armenians in Syria. A people expelled twice. From one homeland in 1915. And from their second home in 2011.

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