African countries are acquiring increasing numbers of Turkey’s Bayraktar TB2 drone to fight rebel groups, analyst Paul Melly wrote for the BBC on Wednesday. African countries such as Togo, Niger, Ethiopia, Morocco and Tunisia have already acquired the Turkish-made weapon, whose popularity has been fueled by its effectiveness in many conflicts around the world, Melly […]
Tag: Nagorno-Karabakh
US: ‘Deeply concerned’ about resurgence of hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh
The US government is “deeply concerned” by renewed fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces that have erupted in the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, US State Department spokesman Ned Price said yesterday. “We call for immediate action to reduce tensions and prevent further escalation,” the State Department spokesman said in a press release. Azerbaijani authorities announced […]
Nagorno-Karabakh: An Azeri soldier and an Armenian are dead
An Azeri soldier and an Armenian fighter were killed today near Nagorno-Karabakh, an Armenian-backed separatist enclave in a region that remains volatile after a war in late 2020, authorities on both sides said. This morning, “intense fire” targeted Azerbaijani army positions in the Lachin region, a buffer zone between the Armenian border and Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan’s […]
Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of shelling near Nagorno-Karabakh
Azerbaijan’s defense ministry on Saturday accused Armenia’s armed forces of shelling its own army positions near the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, over which the two neighboring states have repeatedly been at war for three decades, according to the Russian state agency. TASS news. The ministry clarified that its forces returned artillery fire against its positions […]
Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenia, Azerbaijan agree to ‘advance talks’ on peace deal
The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed on Sunday during a meeting in Brussels to “move forward talks” on a peace agreement on Nagorno-Karabakh, an area where war broke out between the two presidents in the autumn of 2020, he said. European Council. Armenian Prime Minister Nicole Pasinian and Azerbaijani President Ilhan Aliyev had “honest […]
Armenia: More than 200 arrests in opposition demonstrations
The opposition accuses Prime Minister Nicole Pasinian of wanting Yerevan to leave Nagorno-Karabakh’s separatist enclave in Azerbaijan. More than 200 people were arrested today in several Armenian cities during a rally organized by the opposition, which accuses Prime Minister Nicole Pasinian of wanting Yerevan to leave the separatist enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh in Azerbaijan. The Armenian […]
Armenia: Thousands Protest in Yerevan Against Any Assignment to Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh
Thousands rallied in the Armenian capital, Yerevan, today to warn the government against any transfer to Azerbaijan of Nagorno-Karabakh, a territory the two countries have been disputing for 30 years. Protesters demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Nicole Pasinian and held placards reading “Karabakh” or “Armenia without Turks”, referring to Turkish-speaking Azeris. Opposition groups called […]
Kremlin welcomes announcement of Armenia-Azerbaijan peace talks
The Kremlin today welcomed the “very positive” announcement by Armenia and Azerbaijan that preparations are under way for peace talks to de-escalate bilateral tensions over the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave. “It is very, very positive. We welcome it,” said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peshkov. “It is clear that this process will take time,” he added, describing as “positive” […]
Armenian PM to meet with Azerbaijani President to resolve Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Armenian Prime Minister Nicole Pasinian said today that she would meet with the President of Azerbaijan on April 6 after EU mediation in Brussels, in the hope of holding talks to end the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. “A meeting with European Council President Charles Michel and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev is scheduled for April 6 in […]
More than 2,000 Erdogan mercenaries arrived in Ukraine from Nagorno-Karabakh
A Syrian opposition figure quoted by the Russian news agency Ria Novosti as saying that Turkey had sent more than 2,000 mercenaries and jihadists from the battlefields of Syria, through its president. Recep Tayyip Erdogan is ringing the bell that he does not want to be against either Moscow or Kiev. “Turkey has sent more […]