The Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia has published footage from the Armenian Genocide Martyrs' Memorial in Deir ez-Zor, Syria, which has been blown up by ISIS members.

"According to verified information, the complex has been destroyed as a result of a number of explosions of bombs planted in its walls," the Catholicosate captioned the video.

"If the situation stabilizes, His Holiness Aram I will immediately visit Deir ez-Zor."

Consecrated in 1991, the memorial complex served as church, museum, monument, archive center and exhibition hall. Every year, on 24 April, tens of thousands of Armenian pilgrims from all over the world visited the Der Zor church to commemorate the Genocide victims.