 The Armenian Revolutionary Federation decided to retaliate for that atrocity, resulting in the Khanasor Expedition.About a year after the events in Van, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation decided to retaliate and "punish" the Kurdish Mazrik tribe for its role in the Hamidian massacres and its ambush of the defenders of Van.The Mazrik tribe were camped in the fields of Khanasor, near Avarayr.