Deir ez-Zor was the final concentration place for Deir ez-Zor Camps for annihilating the Armenian deportation caravans . Tens of thousands of surviving men , women and children were systematically killed on the banks of the Euphrates River . The Armenian Genocide Memorial church commemorated the memory of Genocide victims who lost their lives , but it was destroyed on 21 September 2014 by Islamic State militants
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Deir ez-Zor