Russian peacekeeping troops deployed to the mountain enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh on Tuesday as part of a ceasefire deal designed to end six weeks of heavy fighting between Azerbaijan and ethnic Continue Reading
Sensitive to the threat of wider confrontation, Russia and Turkey are for now limiting involvement in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to providing humanitarian assistance and some military aid. v Ankara sees Continue Reading
This Sunday “will go down in history as the day of the glorious victory,” Mr. Aliyev said in a statement announcing the capture of Shusha, which Armenians call Shushi. Armenian Continue Reading
‘We are getting territory back by force’ Azerbaijan has captured a key town in the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh region, according to the country’s president. Ilham Aliyev announced in a televised address Continue Reading
On Friday, Azeri rockets and artillery shells hit Nagorno-Karabakh’s regional capital of Stepanakert, killing three people, local authorities said, and Azeri forces were fast closing in on Shusha, the enclave’s Continue Reading
Nagorno-Karabakh’s largest city came under heavy shelling on Thursday, three sources working there said, as Reporters Without Borders called for the safe evacuation of civilians who it says are trapped Continue Reading
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Soldiers carry the coffins of fallen soldiers at Yerablur Military Cemetery in Yerevan, Armenia, on Monday. Negotiating a cease-fire is a diplomat’s nightmare. The side gaining ground doesn’t want to Continue Reading
BAKU/YEREVAN (Reuters) – Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other on Monday of violating a new U.S.-brokered ceasefire in fighting over the mountain enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, casting doubt over the prospects Continue Reading
Armenia and Azerbaijan said on Tuesday their foreign ministers would meet U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Washington on Friday in efforts to end the heaviest fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh Continue Reading
A new ceasefire in the mountain enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh appeared to be in jeopardy on Monday, with ethnic Armenian forces and Azerbaijan accusing each other of renewed shelling. The ceasefire Continue Reading
Azerbaijan and Armenia accused each other on Saturday of fresh attacks in violation of a week-old Russian-brokered truce that has failed to halt the worst fighting in the South Caucasus Continue Reading
Turkey by October 2020 seemed to closer than at any time since the Cold War to unambiguous and overt hostilities with Russia. But, then, Turkey was already in some form Continue Reading
BAKU/YEREVAN (Reuters) – Armenia accused Turkey on Thursday of blocking flights carrying emergency aid from using its airspace, and new fighting over the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave threatened to pitch the region Continue Reading
Families gathered around a refrigerated truck at a Syrian-Turkish border post, waiting earlier this month for the drivers to dispense their awful cargo: the bodies of 52 Syrian men, killed Continue Reading
Azerbaijan accused Armenia on Wednesday of trying to attack its gas and oil pipelines and warned of a “severe” response as tensions rose sharply around a fraying ceasefire in the Continue Reading
Nagorno-Karabakh’s close proximity to key Azeri oil and gas infrastructure means that there will be more at stake if the region’s conflict with Armenia escalates further and jeopardizes key export Continue Reading
Houses damaged by shelling in Ganja, Azerbaijan’s second-largest city, on Tuesday. Hundreds of fighters from Syrian militias allied with Turkey have joined the fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the Continue Reading
Russia made a new appeal to Armenia and Azerbaijan to stop fighting in and around the mountain enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh after the warring sides accused each other of fresh ceasefire Continue Reading
Azeri President Ilham Aliyev said on Wednesday that Armenia was trying to attack gas pipelines in Azerbaijan and that the outcome will be severe if Armenians try to take control Continue Reading
Sunday the 27 th of September 2020, fighting flared up again in the South Caucasus between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The most recent war has displaced tens of thousands of citizens Continue Reading
Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other of intense shelling on Sunday, denting hopes that a Russia-brokered cease-fire announced the previous day will hold following two weeks of fierce clashes over Continue Reading
Azeri and ethnic Armenian forces accused each other on Monday of launching new attacks in and around Nagorno-Karabakh, increasing pressure on a humanitarian ceasefire intended to stop the heaviest fighting Continue Reading
Russia Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (c) is hosting his Azerbaijani and Armenian counterparts in Moscow Armenia and Azerbaijan are holding their first direct talks since clashes over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh Continue Reading
A shaky ceasefire between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces in Nagorno-Karabakh entered into force on Saturday after a deal was struck in Moscow between Baku and Armenia to allow prisoners Continue Reading
With Russia’s mediation, Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to a cease-fire in Nagorno-Karabakh starting Saturday following two weeks of heavy fighting that marked the worst outbreak of hostilities in the separatist Continue Reading
Man walks past house damaged by shelling in the regional capital Stepanakert However less than an hour into the truce, which came into force at midday local time (08:00 GMT), Continue Reading
Taking shelter in a hospital basement, 19-year-old George Alexanian can hear the suicide drones buzzing overhead in the city of Stepanakert. A few days ago, he said, one of them Continue Reading
Azeri and ethnic Armenian forces fought new clashes on Friday as Russia prepared to host talks with the warring sides’ foreign ministers on ending the deadliest battles in the South Continue Reading
France, the United States and Russia will step up efforts to end fighting between Azeri and ethnic Armenian forces in the South Caucasus by holding talks in Geneva on Thursday, Continue Reading
BP said Oct. 7 it was “deeply concerned” about the expansion of the armed conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh and particularly the targeting of the BTC crude pipeline, Continue Reading
BP will boost security at its oil and gas assets and operations in Azerbaijan after reports of alleged attacks near an important oil pipeline as the conflict between Armenia and Continue Reading
The 1 million b/d Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline and the 25 Bcm a year South Caucasus gas pipeline are fully operational, Azerbaijan’s state oil company Socar said Oct. 7, after the Continue Reading
ANKARA (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan’s strong backing for Azerbaijan in the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh has set Turkey apart from other big nations and alarmed NATO allies that are demanding Continue Reading
One person was killed and more than 30 injured after several rockets landed on residential areas of Ganja on Sunday, according to Azerbaijani officials. Ganja lies in the west of Continue Reading
Armenia’s foreign ministry has said it “stands ready to engage” with France, Russia and the US on halting six days of fighting with its neighbour Azerbaijan. Casualties have mounted in Continue Reading
The presidents of France, Russia and the United States called on Thursday for an immediate ceasefire between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces around Nagorno-Karabakh, but Turkey said the three big Continue Reading
Armenia’s defence ministry on Friday said Nagorno-Karabakh air defence systems had shot down an Azeri warplane and two drones, an online government platform reported. Fighting between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian Continue Reading
image captionArmenia’s defence ministry has published photos of an SU-25 jet it claims was shot down by a Turkish warplane Azerbaijan’s president has vowed to fight on until Armenian forces Continue Reading
A long-“frozen” conflict flared back to life this week. Dozens have been reportedly killed amid ongoing clashes between Azerbaijani and Armenian forces in Nagorno-Karabakh, a mountainous enclave of ethnic Armenians Continue Reading
Whenever fighting has erupted between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed territories claimed by both neighbors, demands from Moscow have ultimately forced the two post-Soviet states to the negotiating table. Continue Reading
Fierce fighting has broken out between Azerbaijan and its ethnic Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, a new and dangerous eruption of a decades-old conflict. WHERE AND WHAT IS NAGORNO-KARABAKH? It’s a Continue Reading
Fighting escalated sharply on Monday between Azerbaijan and its ethnic Armenian mountain enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, and at least 29 people were killed in the second day of heavy clashes. The Continue Reading
Armenia and Azerbaijan have declared martial law and mobilised their armed forces after clashes escalated over the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, killing several people on Sunday. Both sides blamed each other Continue Reading
Fighting that was reported to be fierce broke out on Sunday between Azerbaijan and Armenia and quickly escalated, with the two sides claiming action with artillery, helicopter and tanks along Continue Reading
People attend a meeting to recruit military volunteers in Yerevan, Armenia, on Sunday. MOSCOW — Renewed fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan on Sunday threatened to reignite a three-decade-old conflict over Continue Reading
An aide to Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev denied on Monday that Turkey had sent fighters from Syria to Azerbaijan amid fighting over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Armenia’s ambassador to Continue Reading
Crude production from Kazakhstan’s highest-producing oil field, Tengiz, dropped 12% on the year in the second quarter to 570,000 b/d, figures from the Chevron-led operating consortium showed Sept. 9, reflecting Continue Reading
On 12 July 2020, Armenia’s military shelled the village of Aghdam in Azerbaijan’s Tovuz district in the northwest of the country. The forces of Azerbaijan responded, attacking Armenian military structures, Continue Reading
One of the world’s forgotten conflicts is now making headlines again. In the last week, the military conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia has reignited, with the two nations having already Continue Reading
