 In 2015, the local St. Rita Catholic Armenian church was also destroyed, according to unconfirmed reports at that time, by rebel fighters.On April 24, 2019 the "Martyr Nubar Ozanyan Brigade" was formed as an Armenian brigade of the Syrian Democratic Forces on the anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in the Marziya Church in Tell Goran.The majority of Armenian organizations are based in the city of Aleppo, acting in the form of cultural, sport, youth or charitable associations