カテゴリー: Azerbaijan
President of Armenia’s unrecognised republic signs decree under which it will cease to exist by 1 January 2024The breakaway government of Nagorno-Karabakh has announced it will dissolve itself and that the unrecognised republic will cease to exist by 2…
Ruben Vardanyan detained as he tried to cross into Armenia in first high-profile arrest since Azerbaijani offensiveAzerbaijan has detained a former leader of the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh government in its first high profile arrest since launching a l…
13 July 1988: The predominantly Armenian enclave in Azerbaijan declares itself an autonomous part of the neighbouring republic of Armenia.13 July 1988By Jonathan Steele Continue reading…
Death toll from fuel depot explosion on Monday rises to 68 as ethnic Armenians raise concerns about reprisals from AzerbaijanMore than 53,000 people from Nagorno-Karabakh population have fled into Armenia since Azerbaijan launched an attack on the brea…
Baku has drawn the ire of the EU and US after years of promoting itself as a reliable security partner and vital transport hubAs the dramatic images emerge of thousands of Karabakh Armenians forced away from their homes in a mass exodus, some in the we…
The Azerbaijani military routed Armenian forces in a 24-hour blitz last week, forcing authorities to agree to lay down weapons after three decades of separatist rule. Azerbaijan introduced a blockade 10 months ago, leading to desperate shortages of sup…
At least 20 people have been killed and almost 300 injured in a powerful explosion at a fuel storage depot in the Nagorno-Karabakh region. Thousands of ethnic Armenians streamed out of the territory after the Azerbaijani military reclaimed full control…
Meeting will be first such encounter since Baku seized disputed enclave last weekEnvoys from Baku and Yerevan were set to meet in Brussels for talks on Tuesday as thousands of refugees fled Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan’s lightning takeover of the …
Medical centres in Stepanakert at capacity after explosion, the cause of which remains unknown Dozens of people are feared dead and hundreds more injured after a powerful explosion at a fuel storage depot in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, as thousands of…
More than 6,000 ethnic Armenian refugees have left region following Azerbaijan victoryAzerbaijan’s Nagorno-Karabakh victory highlights limits of Russia’s powerThe day the shelling began, Genadi Hyusunts had just taken his four-day-old son home from the…
With Moscow’s resources ‘clearly finite’ the Kremlin has had to adapt to Baku’s rising powerAzerbaijan’s military victory in the extended 35-year conflict over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh is a notable geopolitical setback for Russia, tra…
Several hundred refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh have crossed into Armenian territory, as a historic evacuation begins that could lead to a mass exodus of ethnic Armenians while Azerbaijan appears on the brink of taking control of the breakaway region.Th…
David McAllister, the chair of the European parliament’s foreign affairs committee, says ceasefire is only the first stepThousands escape to Armenia after Azerbaijani offensiveNagorno-Karabakh: how have you been affected?Simon Mordue, the chief diploma…
The Turkish president described last week’s offensive in the disputed territory as a ‘matter of pride’The Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and the Azerbaijani leader, Ilham Aliyev, have lauded Baku’s military victory in Nagorno-Karabakh as thou…
Officials plan to evacuate thousands of displaced people from region after Azerbaijani military offensiveThe first several hundred refugees from war-torn Nagorno-Karabakh have crossed into Armenian territory, as a historic evacuation begins that could …