Movsumov Qowkar, 32, checks his neighbor’s home damaged by shelling in the city of Terter early on Sunday. Bulent Kilic/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Bulent Kilic/AFP via Getty Images Movsumov Qowkar, 32, checks his neighbor’s home damaged by shelling in the city of Terter early on Sunday. Bulent Kilic/AFP via Getty Images Fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region took […]
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Yerevan and Baku have accused each other of breaking the ceasefire declared on Saturday. The nations are fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh, an Armenian-populated part of Azerbaijan, with hundreds reported killed during the flare-up. The mutual accusations came on Sunday just hours after the fighting was supposed to be stopped by all sides on midnight Sunday local time (20:00 GMT). Azerbaijan said its opponents shelled locations around the […]
Officials in Baku claim an Armenian rocket strike left 12 people dead and dozens more wounded amid ongoing clashes over disputed Nagorno-Karabakh, as the region’s ombudsman says Azerbaijani shelling has injured two in its capital. The death toll claimed in the Armenian strike rose to 12, also leaving 40 wounded, according to the Azerbaijani prosecutor general’s office. Hikmet Hajiyev, assistant to Azeri President Ilham Aliyev, shared […]
An wounded Armenian soldier getting treatment in the basement of a medical center on Wednesday outside the city of Stepanakert, in the Nagorno-Karabakh region. Aris Messinis/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Aris Messinis/AFP via Getty Images An wounded Armenian soldier getting treatment in the basement of a medical center on Wednesday outside the city of Stepanakert, in the Nagorno-Karabakh region. Aris Messinis/AFP via Getty […]
…from SouthFront.org On October 14, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry announced that its forces had conducted strikes on Armenian operational-tactical ballistic missile systems in the Armenian border area, near the Kalbajar District of the contested Nagorno-Karabakh region. The Azerbaijani military claimed that the destroyed missiles “were targeted at Ganja, Mingachevir and other cities of Azerbaijan to inflict casualties among the peaceful population and to destroy civilian infrastructure.” […]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev claimed that the country’s armed forces destroyed two S-300 surface-to-air missile systems belonging to Armenia during the fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh. According to the President, the Armenian Armed Forces received heavy damage. In addition, the President of Azerbaijan said that in the event of an attack on the oil pipelines of Azerbaijan, Yerevan will receive a “heavy response.” – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202010141080765306-yerevan-says-azerbaijan-attacking-military-equipment-on-armenian-territory/ Both Armenia and Azerbaijan have accused each other of conducting attacks after the sides agreed to a ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh, beginning on 10 October. On Wednesday, Yerevan stated that the Azerbaijani Army had attacked Armenian military equipment situated on Armenian territory. The Armenian Ministry of Defence stressed the country’s forces reserved the right to attack any military object on […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202010131080756040-unidentified-drone-crashes-in-northern-iran-near-border-with-azerbaijan-report-says/ Tehran previously reported the destruction of an unidentified foreign drone in its province of East Azerbaijan, south of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone, on September 29, and on October 7 sent formal diplomatic notes of protest to both Armenia and Azerbaijan about stray missiles and shells making their way into Iranian territory. Source link
Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to halt fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh Friday night after ten hours of intense negotiations between the countries’ foreign ministers facilitated by Moscow. The ceasefire came into effect Saturday at noon, after nearly two weeks of uninterrupted fighting in the contested South Caucasus region. Azerbaijan’s defence ministry has released footage of the destruction of ‘Armenian’ artillery, tanks and air defence systems which it claims […]
10 Oct, 2020 00:12 Follow RT on Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to halt hostilities in contested Nagorno-Karabakh after marathon talks in Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. The armistice is set to take effect at noon on October 10. Follow RT on Source link
Both Armenia and Azerbaijan have confirmed they will send delegations for talks in Moscow in a bid to reach a ceasefire in the ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson said. “Baku and Yerevan have confirmed their participation in the consultations in Moscow. Active preparations are underway,” Maria Zakharova told reporters on Friday. Russian President Vladimir Putin had earlier invited the foreign ministers of bitter rivals […]
Recent satellite images of Ganja International Airport in Azerbaijan shows t least two Turkish F-16 fighter jets and CN-235 cargo aircraft parked on the airport apron. Christiaan Triebert, a journalist on the Visual Investigations team at The New York Times, tweeted an image, dated Oct. 3, 2020, showing the pair of Turkish F-16s and CN-235. “There are at least two F-16s at Ganja International Airport in […]
Recent satellite images of Ganja International Airport in Azerbaijan shows t least two Turkish F-16 fighter jets and CN-235 cargo aircraft parked on the airport apron. Christiaan Triebert, a journalist on the Visual Investigations team at The New York Times, tweeted an image, dated Oct. 3, 2020, showing the pair of Turkish F-16s and CN-235. “There are at least two F-16s at Ganja International Airport in […]
A video that recently appeared on social media purportedly shows an Armenia has employed one of its Tochka-U tactical missile systems against Azerbaijan’s troops. Videos and pictures on social media from the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh show an Armenia has employed Tochka-U missile systems against Azerbaijan. In a statement presented by the Ministry Of Defence Of Azerbaijan, said that Armenia shells Azerbaijani settlements with Smerch multiple […]
Azerbaijani Defense Ministry has shown Armenian tanks and military vehicles that were seized in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. In a statement Monday, Azerbaijan’s military said that they captured a large number of tanks, trucks, artillery systems and ammunition of Armenian forces. Video and still photos released by the Defense Ministry show seized T72B1 and T-72AV main battle tanks, a few Ural and Kamaz military trucks and […]
Armenian Americans for Human Rights (AAHR), Belmont, MA 02478, [email protected] Accompanying regional map AAHR calls for immediate end to aggression against Artsakh and Armenia [ Editor’s Note: Western militaries role play conflicts as their normal course of training general staff to deal with emergencies. Much of that work is preliminary, such as maintaining a current order of battle for the military forces of all countries, including […]
A man walks past a house destroyed by shelling during fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh in Agdam, Azerbaijan, on Oct. 1. The International Committee of the Red Cross says civilian deaths and injuries have been reported. Aziz Karimov/AP hide caption toggle caption Aziz Karimov/AP A man walks past a house destroyed by shelling during fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh in Agdam, Azerbaijan, on Oct. 1. The International Committee of the […]
Details are emerging regarding the shot down of several Azerbaijani An-2 aircraft during the ethnic and territorial conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh. Fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces has erupted again over the disputed separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh. During the new phase of conflict were shot down several Soviet-era An-2 biplane agricultural aircraft over the front line. It is worth mentioning that An-2 is archaic agricultural aircraft that […]
by Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio for VT «According to incoming reports, militants from illegal armed units are being moved to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone from Syria and Libya to take a direct part in the hostilities». The statement was released in the evening by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation on its official website. This sentence officially confirms the journalistic advances of South […]
The Azerbaijani military has passed control of its air force operations in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region to Turkey, Yerevan claims. Ankara insists no Turkish aircraft was used in the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Turkey’s military command has allegedly been coordinating the Azerbaijani airstrikes against targets in Nagorno-Karabakh, the Armenian defense ministry’s spokeswoman, Shushan Stepanyan, said in a series of Twitter posts on Wednesday. #Azerbaijan handed […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Evgeny Mikhaylov. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/world/202009301080621805-azerbaijan-to-restore-its-territorial-integrity-president-aliev-says/ The clashes between Baku and Yerevan have been escalating since Sunday, as both sides accuse each other of aggression, and share numerous pieces of footage of the opponent’s destroyed military vehicles. Azerbaijan will restore its territorial integrity, President Ilham Aliyev stated on Wednesday, adding that the country had hoped to reach the result via negotiations, but they […]
Armenians should unite against Turkey’s and Azerbaijan’s joint attack on Artsakh Combat videos below – [ Editor’s Note: More than in the last war we will see surveillance drones spotting for artillery fire, and combat drones killing lots of armor. Azerbijan has the Israeli version and Tel Aviv loves to get video of its combat drones in action. Turkey is all in, having pre shipped in […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202009291080614641-unsc-will-do-everything-it-can-to-ease-situation-between-armenia-and-azerbaijan/ The UN Security Council has called on Tuesday for immediate end to clashes in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Council also expressed concern about clashes, and condemned use of force. DETAILS TO FOLLOW Source link
MOSCOW—The fighting in a mountain enclave in the Caucuses escalated Tuesday when Turkish-backed forces shelled five villages including the capital of Stepanakert, according to Armenian officials. Skirmishes broke out on the border of Azerbaijan and Armenia over the weekend and the official death toll is over 100 as a decades-old dispute over the Nagorno-Karabakh or the Republic of Artsakh erupted into violence. Artsakh is an ethnic […]
Sunday saw the escalation of the simmering Armenian-Azeri conflict over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, with both sides blaming each other for unleashing the hostilities. History is replete with a whole array of ethnic conflicts over disputed territories and Nagorno-Karabakh is no exception. On Tuesday, the UN Security Council announced that it plans to convene later in the day to address the ongoing armed clashes between […]
Azerbaijani artillery and aircraft have pounded a military base in Armenia, and a civilian bus has been hit in a “drone strike,” the Armenian Defense Ministry reported, telling its rival to brace itself for a “harsh response.” Azeri forces targeted non-combatants in the small Armenian border town of Vardenis on Tuesday, according to Artsrun Hovhannisyan, the Armenian Defense Ministry representative. The official uploaded to social media […]
Rebels from Syria’s Idlib province are being recruited by Turkey to fight in Azerbaijan’s conflict with Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh, just as it has done in Libya, the Guardian reported citing several of the militants. Idlib is Syria’s northwestern province, and the last bastion of the Turkish-backed militants once hoping to effect regime change in Damascus. It is there the recruitment drive for Azerbaijan began a month […]
Celebrity businesswoman Kim Kardashian West, who is a fourth-generation Armenian-American, has tweeted her support for Armenia amid deadly border clashes with Azerbaijan over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. “Armenians in Artsakh have been attacked,” Kardashian wrote on social media, using a historic name for Nagorno-Karabakh — a large Armenian-populated enclave inside Azerbaijan, which has been a bone of contention between Yerevan and Baku for three decades. Armenia […]
The US Department of State has urged Azerbaijan and Armenia to “cease hostilities immediately,” after Azeri forces launched an offensive on Nagorno-Karabakh. Outside the US, the Kremlin has also demanded a halt to the violence. “The United States condemns in the strongest terms this escalation of violence,” the State Department said in a press release on Sunday. Deputy Secretary Stephen Biegun called on both sides to […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202009271080591021-us-calls-for-immediate-ceasefire-between-armenia-azernaijan-in-nagorno-karabakh-/ The Nagorno-Karabakh region saw an escalation of tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan early on Sunday, with both sides accusing each other of sparking the hostilities. US State Department called for immediate ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh, urging the conflicting sides of Armenia and Azerbaijan to return to OSCE-supervised negotiations. “The United States condemns in the strongest terms this escalation of violence. Deputy Secretary Biegun […]
Servicemen and members of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation gather after the Armenian government declared martial law and military mobilization amidst growing conflict with Azerbaijan. Melik Baghdasaryan/Melik Baghdasaryan/Photolure/TAS hide caption toggle caption Melik Baghdasaryan/Melik Baghdasaryan/Photolure/TAS Servicemen and members of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation gather after the Armenian government declared martial law and military mobilization amidst growing conflict with Azerbaijan. Melik Baghdasaryan/Melik Baghdasaryan/Photolure/TAS Fighting broke out between Armenia […]
The Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia has posted on social media a new short video of an attack on an Azerbaijani military convoy in Nagorno-Karabakh. Armenian military have released a video they say shows a deadly attack on an Azerbaijani military convoy composed of infantry fighting vehicles and military trucks. Some sources claim that the video shows a convoy of Azerbaijani BMP-3 infantry […]
Azerbaijan has struck Armenian military sites in Nagorno-Karabakh and struck main battle tanks and other combat vehicles include Osa Osa air-defense systems. On 27 September, Azerbaijani drones (reportedly is a Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 armed unmanned aircraft) targeted T-72 main battle tanks and BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles carrying members for the Nagorno-Karabakh Defence Army, a Defense Ministry source said. In a video posted by Azerbaijani Defense Ministry […]