It’s a reckless gambit that reflects both the shrinking influence of the United States under President Trump and the mounting ambitions of his sometime-friend Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s autocratic …
Erdogan says Turkey stands by ‘oppressed’ in the Caucasus
President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that Turkey supports the “oppressed” in the Caucasus, where Ankara has backed Azerbaijan in its week of fierce fighting against ethnic Armenian forces in the …
Armenia, Azerbaijan Signal Willingness To Engage With Minsk Group On Nagorno-Karabakh
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has urged Russia, the United States, and France to continue efforts to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Syria rebels sign up to fight for Azerbaijan to feed families
Desperate to help his family displaced by Syria’s war, pro-Turkey rebel fighter Abu Ahmed is waiting to be deployed to Azerbaijan hoping to earn almost 80 times his current salary. “I signed up to …
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: Armenia ‘ready’ for ceasefire talks
Karabakh erupted on Sunday. The enclave is officially part of Azerbaijan but run by ethnic Armenians. The two former Soviet republics went to war over the territory between 1988 and 1994, eventually …
Syria rebels sign up to fight for Azeris to feed families
Turkey rebel fighter Abu Ahmad is waiting to be deployed to Azerbaijan hoping to earn almost 80 times his current salary.
As Armenia and Azerbaijan clash, where will China stand?
As part of its Belt and Road Initiative, China has courted both Armenia and Azerbaijan. With the two countries engaging in their worst military clash since 2016, Beijing will have to walk a diplomatic …
Exclusive: Official at Center of Armenia, Azerbaijan Conflict Calls It Fight to Death
“We’ve been here our whole life, and we are staying here to do what we can. It would be wrong not to worry, but it would be wrong to panic and leave your post,” Artsakh representative to the U.S. told …
Nagorno-Karabakh: Turkey’s Support For Azerbaijan Challenges Russian Leverage
The Kremlin has close relations with Armenia and Azerbaijan. Turkey supports Azerbaijan. “The Turkish factor in this war is obvious and looks extremely threatening,” says a Russian political analyst.
Why Stakes Are Raised in the Azeri-Armenian Conflict
Support our journalism. Subscribe today. 1. What’s the root of the dispute? Today’s Armenia and Azerbaijan were for centuries situated in fluid borderlands between the Russian, Ottoman and Persian …