Der Zor
From Armeniapedia.org
Dayr az-Zawr, also spelled Deir ez Zor , Deir al-Zur and other variants (Arabic:دير الزور, Armenian: Դէր Զօր or Ter Zor) is a town in the Syrian desert.
The modern town was built by the Ottoman Empire in 1867. In 1915, during the Armenian Genocide, it witnessed grim scenes as many thousands of Armenians arrived at the end of forced death marches from Anatolia. Thousands died in Dayr and surrounding areas, many at the Ra's al-'Ain springs outside the town. France occupied Dayr az-Zawr in 1921 and made it the seat of a large garrison. In 1946 it became part of independent Syria.
The Armenian Orthodox church in the town contains a memorial to the victims of the genocide, and is an important centre of commemoration, especially on April 24.
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