Pro-Turkey groups are drawing attention to Yerevan's ties to US foes as the debate over whether to recognize an Armenian genocide intensifies.
The allegations have recently made their way into congressional hearings, lawmakers' correspondence and newspaper op-eds ahead of the centennial of the Ottoman-era massacres April 24. Critics say the accusations are a futile attempt to exploit congressional anger at Iran and Russia in a bid to derail a bipartisan genocide resolution commemorating the deaths of an estimated 1.5 million people.