US Senate adopts resolution recognising 'Armenian genocide'

Posted on AllSides December 12th, 2019
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The Republican-led United States Senate on Friday adopted a resolution recognising the early 20th century killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as "genocide", a label Turkey rejects.

The move comes after the House of Representatives in October approved a similar resolution.

Armenians say up to 1.5 million of their kin were killed between 1915 and 1917 as the Ottoman Empire was falling apart.

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