Stepanakert Bombed as Sixth Day of Fighting Concludes
Click to view slideshow. Artsakh’s populated capital of Stepanakert was bombarded by intense shelling well into the evening hours on Friday in the first offensive launched against the city since the...
View ArticleStepanakert Targeted Again as Harutyunyan Heads for the Frontline on the...
Click to view slideshow. Artsakh President Arayik Harutunyan has joined his countrymen on the frontline as heavy fighting continues for the seventh day along the Artsakh-Azerbaijani Line of Contact....
View ArticleArtsakh calls on international community to recognize human rights offenses...
The damage left behind from Azerbaijan’s continuous strikes in Artsakh (Photo from Artsakh Ombudsman Artak Beglaryan, October 4, 2020) Artsakh officials have entreated the international community to...
View ArticleANCA Calls on Trump Administration and Congress to Sanction Aliyev and...
The ANCA is leading calls to President Trump and Congressional leaders to sanction Azerbaijan and Turkey for war crimes committed during the ongoing attacks on civilian population centers in Artsakh...
View ArticleCalls for International Recognition of the Republic of Artsakh as...
Click to view slideshow. Armenia’s Armed Forces have concluded the ninth day of fighting as Artsakh’s capital city of Stepanakert continues to get pulverized by Azerbaijan’s intense shelling. Nineteen...
View ArticleAzeri forces continue attacks on Stepanakert, ECHR tells Turkey to stand down
YEREVAN—Despite reports of relative calm along the front line on Tuesday morning, Azerbaijan resumed its offensive in Artsakh later in the day. At around four in the afternoon, the Artsakh Defense...
View ArticleMore World Leaders Condemn Turkey in Ongoing Attacks on Artsakh
A cultural house in Shushi, October 7, 2020 (Photo: Armenian Unified Infocenter) Turkey’s involvement in Azerbaijan’s attacks on Armenia and Artsakh has become increasingly clear this week, according...
View ArticleShushi’s Ghazanchetsots Cathedral Bombed
Azerbaijan shelled Ghazanchetsots Cathedral (Photo: Armenian Unified Infocenter) The Ghazanchetsots Cathedral in Shushi, Artsakh, also known as Holy Savior Cathedral, was severely damaged after two air...
View ArticleRussia Brokers Humanitarian Ceasefire between Armenia and Azerbaijan
Foreign Minister meeting, October 9, 2020 (Photo: Anna A. Naghdalyan/Twitter) After more than 11 hours of negotiations during a closed-door meeting with Russia’s Foreign Minister in Moscow, Armenia and...
View ArticleRep. Brad Sherman Calls for Global Magnitsky Act Sanctions on Aliyev Regime
The ANCA action alert empowers activists to ask Members of Congress and the President to hold Azerbaijani leaders accountable for war crimes, including the launching cluster bombs against Armenian...
View ArticleAzerbaijan Violates Ceasefire Agreement
Azerbaijan targets Stepanakert when it is supposed to be upholding a ceasefire agreement (Photo: October 10, 2020/Armenian Unified Infocenter) Azerbaijan failed to hold its end of the bargain with...
View ArticleCeasefire Collapses as Azerbaijan Continues Shelling Civilian Settlements
Click to view slideshow. The humanitarian ceasefire brokered by Russia has collapsed within twenty-four hours of its commencement, as Azerbaijan continues to shell civilian settlements and launch...
View ArticleArmenian and Russian FMs Meet as Key Areas Remain under Armenian Control
Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, October 12, 2020 (Photo: Armenian Foreign Ministry) Amid Azerbaijan’s ongoing violations of the October 9...
View ArticleRussia attempts to save ceasefire as Artsakh holds off more attacks
A soldier defending the northern front (Photo: Artsakh Defense Army/Twitter) YEREVAN—Amid a frenzied attempt to maintain the seemingly nonexistent ceasefire established over the weekend, Russian...
View ArticleAzerbaijan crosses a red line, attacks Armenian territory
YEREVAN—Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan reiterated his country’s support for a return to negotiations as the ongoing conflict rages for its 18th day. In a televised address to the nation,...
View ArticleEvidence of Azeri war crimes accumulates
A car damaged by Azeri shelling in Martuni (Photo: Armenian Unified Infocenter, October 15, 2020) Armenia is waging two battles at the moment: one against Azerbaijani aggression in Artsakh, and the...
View ArticleFighting to Survive: A View from Stepanakert
A resident of Stepanakert (Photo: Armenian Unified Infocenter/David Ghahramanyan) STEPANAKERT—Early this morning, I was awakened by distant thuds, sounding at regular intervals, as Artsakh’s capital...
View ArticleAzerbaijan’s strikes on civilian targets increase as war rages into third week
“Stepanakert and other communities in Artsakh are being shelled again” (Photo: Armenian Unified Infocenter/Twitter) On the twentieth day of the war, Azerbaijan has once again violated Armenian...
View ArticleArmenia, Azerbaijan Agree to Another Humanitarian Ceasefire
After yet another night of heavy shelling on the civilian populations of Artsakh, the Republics of Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to a humanitarian ceasefire once again—the second declaration of...
View ArticleSecond humanitarian ceasefire collapses
Damaged children’s storefront in Stepanakert (Photo: NKR InfoCenter, October 17, 2020) Hopes for a humanitarian ceasefire were dashed when Azerbaijan committed multiple violations of the truce...
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