Nagorno-Karabakh
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Armenians Burn Their Homes Before they Hand Over to Azerbaijan
As Armenia hands over territory to Azerbaijan on Sunday, under a Russia-brokered peace deal that followed six weeks of fighting, many villagers in the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh burned their own homes.
Pictures from the village of of Charektar, that will...
Europe
Turkey Turns Peacekeeper by Establishing Military Foothold in the Caucasus
Turkey and Russia signed an agreement establishing a joint center to monitor the ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh on Wednesday morning and the two countries will work together there, said Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan.
Erdogan’s comments, in a speech to deputies from...
Europe
Anger Erupts in Armenia as Country Signs “Painful” Deal with Azerbaijan
Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia signed an agreement on Tuesday to end six weeks of fierce fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh in a deal Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan described as “unspeakably painful” in an emotional Facebook post.
Under the deal, Azerbaijan will...
Diplomacy
Senators Call for Investigation into Turkish Human Rights Violations, US Military Aid
Senator Bob Menendez, the ranking member of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced two resolutions on Thursday calling for Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to catalogue Turkey's human rights abuses throughout the Caucasus, the Near East and in...
Diplomacy
Greece Offers Timid Support for Armenia in the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
Greece on Sunday condemned the loss of life and said it was ready to assist efforts to ease tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), but it fell short of expressing its full support for the Armenian cause.
The...