Armenia on Tuesday accused its historic rival Azerbaijan of fomenting ethnic hatred by displaying helmets of Armenian soldiers killed during their war last year. A decades-long conflict over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region erupted into all-out war in September, killing more than 6,000 people. Six weeks of fighting ended in November with Armenia’s defeat. Yerevan ceded … Read more
BAKU: Azerbaijan said Wednesday its forces had entered the Kalbajar district, the second of three to be handed back by Armenia as part of a deal that ended weeks of fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh. The defence ministry in Baku said in a statement that “units of the Azerbaijani army entered the Kalbajar region on November 25” … Read more
STEPANAKERT: At least three civilians were killed in the latest shelling of Nagorno-Karabakh cities Friday as Azerbaijan pushed its offensive to reclaim control over the separatist territory for a sixth straight week, territorial authorities said.. Azerbaijani rockets and artillery shells hit residential areas in Nagorno-Karabakh’s regional capital, Stepanakert, and the city of Shushi in the … Read more
NEW DELHI: Usanas Foundation (one of India’s emerging think tank on security related matters) recently hosted a webinar on Armenia- Azerbaijan conflict and the role of Turkey and Pakistan in provoking warfare in Caucasus. The panel comprised Anil Trigunayat, Former Indian Envoy to Libya, Malta and Jordan, Abdullah Bozkurt, Sweden based Investigative Journalist, Turkey expert … Read more
BAKU: Azerbaijan said Wednesday an Armenian missile strike on its Barda district near the Nagorno-Karabakh frontline killed 19 civilians, but Yerevan denied carrying out an attack. It would be the deadliest reported attack on civilians since new fighting over the disputed region broke out a month ago. Azerbaijani presidential aide Hikmet Hajiyev said Armenian forces … Read more
BAKU/YEREVAN: Armenia and Azerbaijan said they had agreed on Saturday to a new humanitarian ceasefire from midnight (2000 GMT) in fighting over Azerbaijan’s ethnic Armenian-controlled enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh. Both sides had accused each other earlier of fresh attacks in violation of a week-old Russian-brokered truce that had failed to halt the worst fighting in the … Read more
Fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan over control of Nagorno-Karabakh broke out on September 27 and has claimed the lives of over 500 military personnel. An Azerbaijani soldier walking among the debris of destroyed houses in a residential area in Azerbaijan’s Ganja city (Photo Credits: AP) Armenia and Azerbaijan have announced a cease-fire in a bid … Read more
YEREVAN/BAKU/GENEVA: Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenians fought new clashes on Thursday before talks at which the United States, France and Russia will discuss how to secure a ceasefire and avert a wider war in the South Caucasus. Azeri Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov will meet U.S., Russian and French envoys in Geneva on Thursday and Armenia‘s foreign … Read more