For almost a month and a half fighting has taken place between Azerbaijan and Armenian forces in Nagorna-Karabakh. The territory is administered by Armenians and is supposed to be an autonomous region …
Azerbaijan says it seized Nakarno-Karabakh’s 2nd-largest city
Nov 2020 Azeri President Ilham Aliyev said on Sunday his country’s forces had taken Shusha, the second-largest city in the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave. Armenian officials immediately denied the claim.
Fears of civilian exodus rise as Azerbaijan advances in Karabakh
If Azerbaijan captures Karabakh’s cities, what will happen to the civilians there? The question is becoming urgent as Azerbaijani forces close in and Armenians deny the need for an evacuation.
Erdogan tells Putin that Armenia must negotiate over Nagorno-Karabakh
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Saturday that Armenia must be convinced to negotiate in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with Azerbaijan and called for a peaceful …
Putin, Macron Discuss Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict As Armenia Claims Key Stronghold Shelled
Russian President Vladimir Putin has discussed the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh with French President Emmanuel Macron as Armenia reported “fierce combat” overnight near a key city in the disputed …
Armenia Considers Tripling Compulsory Payments To Army Insurance Fund
Armenia’s Ministry of Defense has proposed tripling the amount of money working Armenians pay to a special fund set up for compensation paid to the families of soldiers killed or seriously wounded in …
Turkey’s Armenians under pressure
BBC Turkish journalist Esra Yalcinalp helps unpick this knotty issue. My home town: Kigali Felin Gakwaya of BBC Great Lakes takes us home to Rwanda’s capital Kigali. Sent back to Ghana Being ‘sent …
Azerbaijan Makes Gains in Conflict With Armenia, Setting Back Peace Efforts
Advances on the battlefield by Azerbaijan in its conflict with Armenia over the disputed territory of Nagorno Karabakh shattered hopes this week for an end to the fighting and the forging of a …
Azerbaijan destroys Armenia’s firing points
Azerbaijan’s army on Friday destroyed mortar firing points of the Armenian army, according to Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry. In a statement, the ministry said the mortar firing points in the occupied …
Are Turkey and Azerbaijan ready to talk peace with Armenia?
Although TRT momentarily reported that Azerbaijan had claimed it had emerged victorious in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, there seems to be a lot to still sort out before there can be a lasting …