カテゴリー: Azerbaijan
Residents of Kalbajar district raze properties before deadline for disputed territory is returned to AzerbaijanVillagers outside Nagorno-Karabakh set their homes on fire Saturday before fleeing to Armenia ahead of a weekend deadline that will see some …
Government says it will not give in to protesters’ call to resign after ceasefire agreement seen as capitulationThe office of Armenia’s prime minister has said that it will not allow the opposition to seize power by force, as heated protests have conti…
Western powers sidelined as Russia and Turkey use sway on local players to boost influenceThe Russian-brokered ceasefire deal in Nagorno-Karabakh will empower both Moscow and Ankara as the new kingmakers in the South Caucasus, analysts said, redrawing …
Crowds claim agreement with Azerbaijan to withdraw is a betrayal after fierce fighting over disputed enclave Russian peacekeepers have deployed to Nagorno-Karabakh after Moscow brokered a peace deal that sparked celebrations in Azerbaijan and protests …
Incident threatens to draw Moscow further into conflict over Nagorno-KarabakhA Russian military helicopter has been shot down over Armenia, threatening to draw Moscow further into an escalating conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan that has left thou…
President Aliyev says country’s forces have taken Shusha, despite Armenian denialsAzerbaijan has said it has recaptured the symbolic town of Shusha, a claim denied by Armenian officials as fighting in the bloody six-week-old battle over the Nagorno-Kar…
Ceasefire deal in Nagorno-Karabakh under threat as both sides allege breaches within hours of it coming into forceAzerbaijan and Armenian have accused each other of violating a new ceasefire in the countries’ conflict over the mountainous enclave of Na…
Rescuers pull men, women and children out of rows of houses turned to rubble in latest escalation of conflict Azerbaijan has said at least 12 people have died after shelling levelled a row of homes in the city of Ganja, with 40 more wounded in a sharp …
World leaders call for halt to fighting that has killed more than 500 people in 17 daysRussia has made a fresh appeal to Armenia and Azerbaijan to respect a badly fraying ceasefire in the breakaway South Caucasus region of Nagorno-Karabakh, with both s…
Armenia and Azerbaijan accuse each other shelling civilian areas and escalating clashesHopes that a Russian-brokered ceasefire between Armenia and Azerbaijan would hold have been dashed after each side accused the other of shelling civilian areas and e…
Armenia and Azerbaijan accuse each other shelling civilian areas and escalating clashesHopes that a Russian-brokered ceasefire between Armenia and Azerbaijan would hold have been dashed after each side accused the other of shelling civilian areas and e…
Any hope for a truce in the long-running conflict in the Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh was short-livedThe streets of Stepanakert were quiet as a ceasefire went into effect on Saturday afternoon, but the local population’s ears are still ringing …
Truce comes into force but countries accuse each other of derailing dealArmenia and Azerbaijan agreed to a Russia-brokered ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh starting on Saturday, but immediately accused each other of derailing the deal intended to end the …
Two sides urged to suspend fighting to allow for exchange of prisoners and recovery of bodiesRussia has moved to stop the worst escalation of fighting in the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh in more than a quarter of a century by hosting ceasefire…
Indiscriminate weapons banned under treaty not signed by Armenia or AzerbaijanAzerbaijan has been accused of using banned cluster bombs in the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, including munitions found in civilian areas, and has accused Armenia of…