U.S. Confirms Crimes Committed by ISIS are Genocide
Assembly Urges Obama Administration to Affirm Armenian Genocide WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Secretary of State John Kerry stated that ISIS (Daesh) is “responsible for genocide,” against groups in Syria and Iraq, including Yezidis, Christians, and Shia Muslims. The recognition was prompted by H.Con.Res.75, which includes Armenians as one of the Christian groups persecuted by ISIS. “We know that in areas under its control, Daesh has made a systematic effort to destroy the cultura