Expand / Collapse search
Watch TV
Menu

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG.

Europe

Clooney joins Armenians to mark anniversary of massacre

Associated Press
Published | Updated
  • 00cfb567-
    Image 1 of 3

    US actor George Clooney, foreground, puts a flower, as he attends a ceremony at a memorial to Armenians killed by the Ottoman Turks, in Yerevan, Armenia on Sunday, April 24, 2016. The killing of more than 200 Armenian intellectuals on April 24, 1915 is regarded as the start of the massacre that is widely viewed by historians as genocide. But modern Turkey, the successor to the Ottoman Empire, vehemently rejects the charge. Clooney has been a prominent voice in favor of countries recognizing the killings as genocide, which the United States has not done. (Vahan Stepanyan/ PAN Photo via AP) (The Associated Press)

  • cca869a7-
    Image 2 of 3

    Armenian clergymen, US actor George Clooney, center, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, second right front, and guests attend a ceremony at a memorial to Armenians killed by the Ottoman Turks, in Yerevan, Armenia, on Sunday, April 24, 2016. (Vahan Stepanyan/ PAN Photo via AP) (The Associated Press)

  • 7a51cd1d-
    Image 3 of 3

    US actor George Clooney, center, attends a ceremony at a memorial for Armenians killed by the Ottoman Turks, in Yerevan, Armenia on Sunday, April 24, 2016. The killing of more than 200 Armenian intellectuals on April 24, 1915 is regarded as the start of the massacre that is widely viewed by historians as genocide. But modern Turkey, the successor to the Ottoman Empire, vehemently rejects the charge. Clooney has been a prominent voice in favor of countries recognizing the killings as genocide, which the United States has not done. (Vahan Stepanyan/ PAN Photo via AP) (The Associated Press)

YEREVAN, Armenia – American actor George Clooney has joined Armenians marking 101 years since a massacre by Ottoman Turks of some 1.5 million Armenians.

Clooney attended a service Sunday at a hilltop memorial led by Armenian church leader Catholicos Karekin II to commemorate the victims of the massacre.

The killing of more than 200 Armenian intellectuals on April 24, 1915 is regarded as the start of the massacre that is widely viewed by historians as the first genocide of the 20th century. Modern Turkey, the successor to the Ottoman Empire, vehemently rejects the charge.

Clooney has been a prominent voice in favor of countries recognizing the killings as genocide, which the United States has not done.

Memorial events kicked off late Saturday with a torchlight march to the memorial complex.

Close modal

Continue