Europe

Armenia, Azerbaijan conduct first prisoner swap after Karabakh clash

Ren Leen December 15, 2020

MOSCOW (RUSSIA) – In what is seen as an “all for all” exchange mediated by Russia, both Armenia and Azerbaijan began swapping prisoners of war after the bloody conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave, said the Russian defence ministry on Tuesday. It was a Russia-brokered

Middle East

No-fly zone declared in Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh – Ifax

Ren Leen November 12, 2020

MOSCOW (RUSSIA) – Russia’s Interfax news agency reported on Thursday that a no-fly zone was declared by the Armenian defence ministry in Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, except for military aircraft. Thousands of protesters on Wednesday gathered in Armenia’s capital, Yerevan. They were seen demanding Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to resign over a ceasefire

Europe

Yerevan, Baku blame each other for attacks on civilian settlements

Editorial Bureau October 31, 2020

YEREVAN/BAKU (ARMENIA/AZERBAIJAN) – Armenia and Azerbaijan blamed each other for bombing civilian areas on Saturday, violating a pact to avoid the deliberate targeting of civilians in and around the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh. Shelling was reported by both sides within hours of the latest agreement to defuse the conflict, reached after talks in Geneva

Europe

As US-sponsored truce fails Armenia says Karabakh troops have quit town

Editorial Bureau October 27, 2020

YEREVAN/BAKU (ARMENIA/AZERBAIJAN) – Armenia has said that Nagorno-Karabakh troops have withdrawn from a strategic town located between the enclave and the Iranian border. This is seen as an apparent gain for Azerbaijan as a new US-brokered ceasefire failed to bring an end to a month of fighting. Turkish ally Azerbaijan has been trying to recapture […]

Europe

Fresh clashes in Nagorno-Karabakh threaten ceasefire sponsored by US

Editorial Bureau October 26, 2020

BAKU/YEREVAN (AZERBAIJAN/ARMENIA) – Casting a shadow over the prospects of the latest global push to end clashes in Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenia and Azerbaijan blamed each other for violating a US-brokered truce in the mountain region. In a televised address, Azeri President Ilham Aliyev said he wanted to resolve the conflict “by political and military

Middle East

Fighting sparks over Nagorno-Karabakh again

Editorial Bureau October 25, 2020

BAKU (AZERBAIJAN) – New fighting was triggered between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces on Sunday, with regard to the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh. Both the sides blamed each other for disrupting a settlement to the conflict. Armenia accused Azeri forces of shelling civilian settlements. Baku denied killing civilians and said it was ready to implement a […]

Europe

Nagorno-Karabakh witnesses fresh clashes after talks in Washington

Editorial Bureau October 24, 2020

BAKU/MOSCOW (AZERBAIJAN/RUSSIA) – Fresh fighting erupted in Nagorno-Karabakh between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian troops a day after negotiations in Washington to bring an end to the deadliest conflict in the region in 25 years. Azerbaijan’s defence ministry reported fighting in and around Nagorno-Karabakh, a mountainous part of Azerbaijan populated and

Europe

Fighting rages in Nagorno-Karabakh, Pompeo to hold talks with Azeri-Armenian foreign ministers

Editorial Bureau October 23, 2020

BAKU/YEREVAN (AZERBAIJAN/ARMENIA) – Hours before discussions were due to start in Washington to end the deadly conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, Azeri and Armenian troops clashed in many places on Friday. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was slated to meet the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan in a renewed attempt to end the month-long fighting […]

Europe

Hopes for peace in Nagorno-Karabakh recede as fresh fighting breaks out between Azeri-Armenian troops

Editorial Bureau October 22, 2020

BAKU/YEREVAN (AZERBAIJAN/ARMENIA) – With Azeri and Armenian troops clashing anew near Nagorno-Karabakh in the South Caucasus on Thursday, the eve of the talks between both sides in Washington, hopes of an end to month-long fighting in the disputed region have waned. Plans for US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to meet the foreign ministers of […]

Europe

Armenian president to hold talks with EU, NATO officials in bid to end Nagorno-Karabakh clashes

Editorial Bureau October 21, 2020

YEREVAN/BAKU (ARMENIA/AZERBAIJAN) – The president of Armenia left for Brussels to take part in negotiations with the EU and NATO military alliance on Wednesday in a bid to end the clashes in the disputed mountain enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh in the South Caucasus. As part of a wide diplomatic push from major global powers, the Azeri […]