House Votes to Recognize Armenian Genocide, Turkey Summons US Ambassador

Lebanese Armenians rally with flags and placards in the capital Beirut on April 24, 2019, to commemorate the 104th anniversary of the mass killings of Armenians under the Ottoman Empire in 1915. Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty Images

The House of Representatives voted on Oct. 29 to recognize the Turkish genocide of Armenians during World War I.

The House approved a resolution 405-11 stating it is American policy to recognize and condemn the killing of 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire from 1915 to 1923.