AGHDAM, Azerbaijan — Azerbaijani forces entered the war-ravaged ghost town of Aghdam on Friday, regaining a once-beloved city over a quarter of a century after being driven out by Armenian forces. Aghdam and the surrounding region of the same name are the first of several territories adjacent to separatist Nagorno-Karabakh...
Armenians Return to Nagorno-Karabakh After Cease-Fire
STEPANAKERT, Nagorno-Karabakh — Joyous scenes of smiles and hugs could be seen Tuesday on the main square of Stepanakert, the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh, as ethnic Armenians returned to their homeland a week after a cease-fire between Armenia and Azerbaijan halted the fighting that had raged over the separatist region for...
Armenians Protest Nagorno-Karabakh Truce Terms for a 3rd Day
YEREVAN, Armenia — Thousands massed Thursday in Armenia's capital to protest the terms of a cease-fire agreement that gave territorial concessions to Azerbaijan in the long-running conflict over the separatist territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. The rally marked the third straight day of demonstrations triggered by the truce to halt more than...
Russian Peacekeepers Go to Nagorno-Karabakh to Bolster Truce
MOSCOW — More than a dozen planes carrying Russian peacekeepers headed for Nagorno-Karabakh on Tuesday, hours after Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to halt fighting over the separatist region and amid signs this cease-fire would hold where others hadn't. The truce came after significant advances by Azerbaijani forces that the Nagorno-Karabakh...
Armenia Leader Orders End to Fighting Over Nagorno-Karabakh
YEREVAN, Armenia — Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said early Tuesday that he has ordered an end to fighting with Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh region. Pashinian said on Facebook that he signed an agreement with the presidents of Azerbaijan and Russia to halt the fighting that has raged since late...
Nagorno-Karabakh Govt: Azerbaijani Forces Nearing Capital
YEREVAN, Armenia — Azerbaijani forces took control of a strategic city in the separatist territory of Nagorno-Karabakh and were nearing its capital, a spokesman for the region's government confirmed Monday. The seizure of Shushi — which Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev had claimed a day earlier — is the most significant...
Nagorno-Karabakh Separatist Govt Confirms Loss of Key City
YEREVAN, Armenia — The spokesman for the president of the separatist government in Nagorno-Karabakh on Monday confirmed that Azerbaijani forces have taken control of a strategically key city and said they were nearing the region’s capital. The statement on Facebook by Vagram Pogosian came a day after Azerbaijani President Ilham...
New Deaths as Fighting Over Nagorno-Karabakh Keeps Flaring
YEREVAN, Armenia — Deadly fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces over the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh showed no signs of abating Wednesday despite a U.S.-brokered cease-fire that took force just two days ago and has so far failed to halt the flare-up of a decades-old conflict. Nagorno-Karabakh officials said Azerbaijani...
Armenian PM Sees No Way to Settle Conflict Through Diplomacy
YEREVAN, Armenia — Armenia's prime minister said Wednesday that Azerbaijan's aggressive stance in the 25-day fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh leaves no room for diplomacy, and urged citizens to sign up as military volunteers to protect their country. In a live video address on Facebook, Nikol Pashinian said that all Armenians must...
Coronavirus Spreads in Nagorno-Karabakh Amid Heavy Fighting
STEPANAKERT, Nagorno-Karabakh — People who are sick with the coronavirus pack into chilly basements alongside the healthy to hide from artillery fire. The local health minister who tested positive keeps working, despite a fever and pneumonia. Doctors with the virus perform surgery on the wounded. These are the grim realities...