Photojournalist Gianmarco Maraviglia has prepared his new series, “Land of Fathers,” which is devoted to the Syrian Armenians who have fled to Armenia and started a new life in their historical homeland, The Washington Post daily reported.

“In March of this year, the [Syrian] city of Kessab was attacked by al-Nusra Front, the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda. Christian Syrian Armenians who had lived and worked in this region were forced to flee, leaving behind businesses and properties.

“While many journalists covered the refugees who fled to neighboring Lebanon, photojournalist Gianmarco Maraviglia fixed his lens in the opposite direction: those who had traveled back to their native Armenia.

“His series ‘Land of Fathers’ explores the new challenges many refugees have faced in the months following the conflict, trying to readjust,” the daily specifically wrote.