ARMENIANS AND SYRIA 1915 AND 2013

Number: 28 October 1, 2013
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ARMENIANS AND SYRIA 1915 AND 2013

Abstract

This brief article takes as its starting point a parallel drawnby the British journalist Robert Fisk between the suffering of Armeniansduring the First World War and the suffering of Armenians during thecurrent conflict in Syria. The author draws other parallels: between themanipulation of the Armenians and other ethno-religious groups to servethe interests of the entente powers between 1914-18 and the humanconsequences of intervention in present day Syria by westerngovernments and their regional allies. Indeed, the entire Middle Eastand North Africa has been an arena for western intervention since earlyin the 19th century. The author looks at key events from the unfolding ofthe ‘Armenian question’ through to the Greek invasion of westernAnatolia in 1919, carried out under the aegis of the victorious wartimepowers and ending in disaster for both Anatolian Turks and Greeks. Thearticle challenges the historical division drawn between the perpetratorsof violence and the victims of violence, showing that both were to befound in virtually all ethno-religious groups in what was at the time themost destructive war in world history. The author sees theacknowledgement of this reality as the true foundation of reconciliationbetween groups still clinging to deeply polarized historical narratives

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October 1, 2013

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Year 2013 Number: 28

APA
ARMENIANS AND SYRIA 1915 AND 2013. (2013). Review of Armenian Studies, 28, 115-130. https://izlik.org/JA82FD74RJ
AMA
1.ARMENIANS AND SYRIA 1915 AND 2013. RAS. 2013;(28):115-130. https://izlik.org/JA82FD74RJ
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“ARMENIANS AND SYRIA 1915 AND 2013”. 2013. Review of Armenian Studies, nos. 28: 115-30. https://izlik.org/JA82FD74RJ.
EndNote
(October 1, 2013) ARMENIANS AND SYRIA 1915 AND 2013. Review of Armenian Studies 28 115–130.
IEEE
[1]“ARMENIANS AND SYRIA 1915 AND 2013”, RAS, no. 28, pp. 115–130, Oct. 2013, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA82FD74RJ
ISNAD
“ARMENIANS AND SYRIA 1915 AND 2013”. Review of Armenian Studies. 28 (October 1, 2013): 115-130. https://izlik.org/JA82FD74RJ.
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1.ARMENIANS AND SYRIA 1915 AND 2013. RAS. 2013;:115–130.
MLA
“ARMENIANS AND SYRIA 1915 AND 2013”. Review of Armenian Studies, no. 28, Oct. 2013, pp. 115-30, https://izlik.org/JA82FD74RJ.
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1.ARMENIANS AND SYRIA 1915 AND 2013. RAS [Internet]. 2013 Oct. 1;(28):115-30. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA82FD74RJ