During the death marches of the Armenians into Syria during the Armenian Genocide, the Ottoman army rarely gave out resources to their innocent captives.
Armenians were virtually starved to death and dehydrated during their death marches, and those who made it alive to the Syrian deserts were executed in the provinces of Aleppo, Raqqa, and Deir Ezzor. Over 1.5 million Armenians lost their lives.