BREAKING: U.S. House Unanimously Condemns Genocide of Middle East Christians and Minorities

U.S. House adopts H.Con.Res.75, designating the ISIL crimes against Christians and other minorities in Syria and Iraq as genocide.

Pressure Builds on White House to Properly Characterize ISIL / Da’esh Killings Following Adoption of the Fortenberry-Eshoo Measure (H.Con.Res.75)

WASHINGTON”“With a vote of 393 to 0, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously condemned as genocide the ongoing ISIL/Da’esh crimes against Christians ”“ including Armenians and Assyrians ”“ as well as Yezidis and other religious minorities in the Middle East by adopting H.Con.Res.75, reported the Armenian National Committee of America.

“Armenian Americans welcome today’s U.S. House vote as powerful encouragement for U.S. leadership in ending genocidal attacks ”“ many being committed by allies of Ankara’s ”“ across the Middle East, and, more broadly, as a meaningful step toward elevating America’s response to genocide from a political choice to a moral imperative,”