US Senate defies Trump in unanimous vote to recognize Armenian genocide
(The Guardian United States)

Resolution acknowledges killing of 1.5 million from 1915-1922Turkey had used leverage as a Nato ally to stifle recognitionThe US Senate has voted unanimously to recognize the genocide of Armenians by the Ottoman empire, in defiance of both Donald Trump and the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.The Senate resolution formally acknowledges the mass killing of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians between 1915 and 1922 as an act of genocide. Coming after a similar measure adopted in October by the House of Representatives, it marks the culmination of more than 50 years of campaigning by Armenian Americans, who called on the president to follow Congress´s lead. Continue reading...