Tag: Armenia

With Armenia and Azerbaijan engaged in their deadliest ethno-territorial dispute in years, major world powers are scrambling to respond to the burgeoning crisis in the Caucasus region that bridges Europe and Asia.On Tuesday, both Turkey and Iran reportedly found themselves directly involved in the battle, while the U.S. and ...

The French government said on Tuesday that it will call for talks between Russia, France and the United States and mediate in the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict, in which dozens have been killed and hundreds wounded over the past two days, Reuters reported.“We will trigger in the coming days a coordination ...

RIYADH: The decision to allow international travel to and from the Kingdom has evoked mixed reactions in the expatriate community. The decision by Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Interior to allow expatriates who have exit and entry visas as well as visit visas to travel across borders on Sept. 13 ...

TEHRAN, Iran/NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan Middle East and Asian countries expressed concern Sunday over escalating hostilities after Armenian forces shelled Azerbaijani military and civilian positions in the occupied Upper Karabakh, or Nagorno-Karabakh region.Iran called on Azerbaijan and Armenia to end the conflict and start talks.Tehran is keeping a close watch on ...

In recent months there have been increasing tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan. In general, these tensions have appeared peripheral to Israel’s concerns. With new peace deals in the Gulf and discussions about what countries might be next to recognize Israel, the Caucasus seem far away. However, it would be ...

ANKARAAn Azerbaijani soldier was martyred in a cross-border attack by Armenian forces, local authorities announced Monday.Jr. Sgt. Elshan Mammadov Alioglu lost his life in the attack that hit Azerbaijan's border province of Tovuz, Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry said in a statement expressing deep condolences to the family of the martyr.The ...

ALAGYZ PROVING GROUND, September 21. /TASS/. Russian and Armenian military units have begun joint drills at the Alagyaz proving ground in Armenia within the framework of the command and staff exercise Kavkaz-2020, which commenced on Monday, the Russian Defense Ministry said. "Participating in the exercise scheduled to last September ...

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 54%. (I'm a bot)BEIJING - Chinese and Russian forces will take part in joint military exercises in southern Russia later this month along with troops from Armenia, Belarus, Iran, Myanmar, Pakistan and others, China's defense ministry announced Thursday.The ...

Former Soviet republics Armenia and Azerbaijan have been in dispute over the Nagorno-Karabakh region for decades. The area is internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan, but controlled by ethnic Armenian forces. Since a 1994 ceasefire, there have been regular battles near the border. Both countries accuse each other of triggering ...