Ra's al-'Ayn Camps | |
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Concentration camp | |
Known for | Mass murder and abuse of Ottoman Armenian civilians during the Armenian genocide |
Location | Ras al-Ayn, Ottoman Empire (Present-day Syria) |
Built by | Ottoman Empire |
Operated by | Ottoman Empire |
Operational | 1910s |
Inmates | Armenians |
Killed | 80,000 |
Ra's al-'Ayn camps (also Ras ul-Ain camps) were desert death camps near the city of Ras al-Ayn, where many Armenians were deported and slaughtered during the Armenian genocide.[1] The site became "synonymous with Armenian suffering".[2]