Fresh footage shows Deir ez-Zor's Armenian church complex in ruins![]() July 28, 2021 - 14:43 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - 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. ![]() ![]() The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov, have arrived in Washington. The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |