The majority of these Armenians are the descendants of survivors from the Armenian Genocide during World War I who were deported from the Ottoman Empire in Anatolia and Cilicia or fled to Syria and then Jordan . The early Armenian refugees in Jordan resided mainly in places like Ma'an , Shobak , Al Karak and Madaba and Russeifa . Nowadays , the majority of the Armenians lives in the capital Amman , with a few families in Irbid , Aqaba , Madaba and Zarqa
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Armenians in Jordan