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Azerbaijan moves to reaffirm control of Nagorno-Karabakh as the Armenian exodus slows

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Azerbaijani servicemen guard the Lachin checkpoint in Azerbaijan on Sunday. Aziz Karimov/AP hide caption toggle caption Aziz Karimov/AP Azerbaijani servicemen guard the Lachin checkpoint in Azerbaijan on Sunday. Aziz Karimov/AP The last bus carrying ethnic Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh left the region Monday, completing a grueling weeklong exodus of over 100,000 people — more than 80% … Read more

Armenian exodus from Nagorno-Karabakh ebbs as Azerbaijan moves to reaffirm control

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The last bus carrying ethnic Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh left the region Monday, completing a gruelling weeklong exodus of over 100,000 people — more than 80 per cent of the residents — after Azerbaijan reclaimed the area in a lightning military operation. Gegham Stepanyan, Nagorno-Karabakh’s human rights ombudsman, said that the bus that drove into Armenia … Read more

The fall of an enclave in Azerbaijan stuns the Armenian diaspora, shattering a dream

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Lebanese-Armenian protesters hold flares with the colors of the Armenian flag near the Azerbaijani Embassy in Ain Aar, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. Hussein Malla/AP hide caption toggle caption Hussein Malla/AP Lebanese-Armenian protesters hold flares with the colors of the Armenian flag near the Azerbaijani Embassy in Ain Aar, east of Beirut, … Read more

Armenian Celebrities Rally To Support Homeland In Nagorno Karabakh Dispute

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The Los Angeles Armenian American community is ramping up its public concerns over a international regional conflict between ethnic Armenians and Azerbaijan.  Last week, a Los Angeles protest blocked the southbound 101 in downtown Los Angeles after Azerbaijan resumed military attacks on an enclave where roughly 120,000 ethnic Armenians live. Thousands have fled their homes, … Read more

US “Deeply Concerned” For Ethnic Armenian Population In Nagorno-Karabakh

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Antony Blinken held three rounds of peace talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan in 1990s (File) Washington: Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Armenia on Saturday that the United States had “deep concern” and sought protection for ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh as Azerbaijan solidified control of the territory. In a telephone call with Armenian Prime Minister … Read more

Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian separatists agree to halt fighting in disputed enclave

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Children take shelter during shelling in Nagorno-Karabakh, as Azerbaijan forces fired artillery at Armenian positions in the breakaway enclave. Siranush Sargsyan/AP hide caption toggle caption Siranush Sargsyan/AP Children take shelter during shelling in Nagorno-Karabakh, as Azerbaijan forces fired artillery at Armenian positions in the breakaway enclave. Siranush Sargsyan/AP A cease-fire has been reached in the … Read more

Azerbaijan Says It Stops Assault on Armenian Enclave

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Azerbaijan said on Wednesday that it would stop its assault on a breakaway Armenian enclave after the pro-Armenian authorities there announced an apparent surrender to Azerbaijan’s demands, a development that could avert a wider war in a volatile region while altering its geopolitics. In a statement carried by the Azerbaijani state news agency Azertac, the … Read more

Azerbaijan Says It Stops Assault on Armenian Enclave

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Azerbaijan said on Wednesday that it would stop its assault on a breakaway Armenian enclave after the pro-Armenian authorities there announced an apparent surrender to Azerbaijan’s demands, a development that could avert a wider war in a volatile region while altering its geopolitics. In a statement carried by the Azerbaijani state news agency Azertac, the … Read more

Azerbaijan Says It Will Stop Assault on Armenian Enclave

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Azerbaijan said on Wednesday that it would stop its assault on a breakaway Armenian enclave after the pro-Armenian authorities there agreed to a cease-fire, a development that could avert a wider war in the volatile Caucasus region while altering its geopolitics. In a statement carried by the Azerbaijani state news agency Azertac, the country’s Defense … Read more

With Russia distracted in Ukraine, Azerbaijan launches attack on Armenian enclave

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In this photo taken from video released by Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023, smoke rises over an area which Azerbaijan says hosts Armenian forces’ positions in the breakaway territory of Nagorno-Karabakh in Azerbaijan. Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan via AP hide caption toggle caption Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan via AP In this … Read more

Azerbaijan launches military action in Karabakh to drive out Armenian forces

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Azerbaijan launched military action in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, a step that could presage a new war in the volatile area but which Baku said was necessary to restore constitutional order and drive out Armenian military formations. Karabakh is internationally recognised as Azerbaijani territory but part of it is run by breakaway ethnic Armenian authorities who … Read more

We can’t rely on Russia to protect us anymore, Armenian PM says

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Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. YEREVAN — Russia’s catastrophic invasion of Ukraine means Armenia can no longer rely on Moscow as a guarantor of its security, even as fears grow of a return to open conflict with Azerbaijan, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told POLITICO in an interview. Pashinyan’s … Read more