Syrian Armenians and the Turkish Factor

Marcello Mollica is Associate Professor of Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology at the University of Messina, Italy.Arsen Hakobyan is Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography at the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia.

“The Syrian War represents one of the most important challenges the world has faced in the last ten years. … This book provides a different reading of contemporary events in Syria and their roots, by reading them through the eyes of the Syrian Armenian community. ... The book will shed light on the war-related social urban changes in Kessab, Aleppo and Deir ez-Zor.” (Fundamental Armenology, fundamentalarmenology.am, Vol. 14 (2), 2021)

• 1. Introduction: The Syrian Armenians and The Turkish Factor: Kessab, Aleppo and Deir ez-Zor in the Syrian War.- 2. Armenians in the Ottoman Empire: From Violence to Genocide.- 3. Religious Affiliation and the Armenian Diaspora in the Middle East.- 4. Armenian Communities in the Syrian War.- 5. Deir Ez-Zor and its Lieux de Mémoire.- 6. Aleppo Armenians at War.- 7. Kessab in the Syrian War.- 8. The Occupation of Northern Syria.- 9. Conclusions.