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Nagorno-Karabakh

The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is a long-running ethnic and territorial dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan, in the South Caucasus region between Europe and Asia. The latest bout of fighting erupted in mid-September.

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Azerbaijan launches military operation in Nagorno-Karabakh

Azerbaijan says it has launched an anti-terror operation in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.
ConflictsSeptember 19, 202302:55 min
A view of an Azerbaijani checkpoint recently set up at the entry of the Lachin corridor

Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict: New war in Nagorno-Karabakh?

Fighting has resumed in Nagorno-Karabakh, a disputed region between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
ConflictsSeptember 19, 2023
A serviceman stands guard on an observation tower at the Russian-Turkish center monitoring the ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh

Azerbaijan announces 'anti-terrorist' operation in Karabakh

The operation comes three years after a war with neighboring Armenia over the disputed region.
ConflictsSeptember 19, 2023
A line of tractor-trailers lined up at the Lachin corridor between Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh

Nagorno-Karabakh: Red Cross gets aid through Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan's breakaway ethnic-Armenian enclave Nagorno-Karabakh has been cut off from needed supplies since December.
ConflictsSeptember 18, 2023
A man dressed in black stands at a border checkpoint next to a concrete block with a red stop sign hanging from it

Armenia turns away from Russia amid Nagorno-Karabakh block

When Azerbaijan blocked the road that links Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia, Russia was expected to help.
ConflictsSeptember 14, 202304:16 min
A serviceman stands guard on an observation tower at the Russian-Turkish center monitoring the ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh

Azerbaijan lets aid into majority-Armenian Nagorno-Karabakh

Separatist authorities in Azerbaijan's Armenian-populated breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region say Russian aid has arrived.
ConflictsSeptember 12, 2023
An Armenian protester holding a flag at the Armenian-Azerbaijani border

Armenia says Azerbaijan mobilizing troops in border regions

Armenia claimed Azerbaijan will soon engage in a fresh "military provocation" as Yerevan moves closer to the US.
ConflictsSeptember 7, 2023
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Inside Europe - 24 August 2023

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PoliticsAugust 24, 202354:59 min
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Inside Europe - 22 June 2023

Turkish journalist Can Dündar on the threat to his life, plus war correspondents Kristina Atovska and Jan Jessen on telling the stories of everyday life on the frontline. Also: Syrian refugees in Turkey, education in Nagorno Karabakh, Irish-Ukrainian connections in Dublin and the 100th anniversary of Verona's iconic opera festival.
PoliticsJune 22, 202354:59 min
Antony Blinken in front of the US, Armenian and Azerbaijani flags

US sees peace within reach for Armenia and Azerbaijan

Foreign ministers from both Caucasus countries met for peace talks in the United States.
ConflictsMay 5, 2023
A Russian peacekeeper guards the Lachin corridor

US urges reopening road between Armenia and disputed enclave

Azerbaijan and Armenia have been in a deadlock for decades, fighting two wars over the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave.
ConflictsMay 1, 2023
A Russian peacekeeper guards the Lachin Corridor, the Armenian-populated breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region's only land link with Armenia, as Azerbaijani environmental activists protest against what they claim is illegal mining, on December 27, 2022.

Azerbaijan sets up checkpoint on vital road to Armenia

The Lachin Corridor is the only route connecting Armenia to the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.
ConflictsApril 23, 2023
A Russian soldier stands next to a metal fence

Armenia: Growing fears of another war with Azerbaijan

The ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh is fragile. Civilians in the disputed enclave are preparing for a violent escalation.
ConflictsMarch 28, 2023
A Russian peacekeeper guards the Lachin corridor, the Armenian-populated breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh

Armenian and Azerbaijani border clash leaves five dead

A shootout ensued on the Lachin Corridor, which is Armenia's sole access point to the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.
ConflictsMarch 5, 2023
Military posts on the front line in the Lachin Corridor, near the village of Aravus.

UN court orders Azerbaijan to end Nagorno-Karabakh roadblock

Armenia had told the court 120,000 people were running short of food, medicine and fuel due to the blockade.
PoliticsFebruary 22, 2023
A building damaged from shelling during the Second Nagorno-Karabakh war in 2020

Armenia offers Nagorno-Karabakh peace plan to Azerbaijan

Armenia says the proposal would end decades of conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh.
ConflictsFebruary 16, 2023
Azerbaijan embassy in Iran

Gunman kills 1 in attack on Azerbaijan embassy in Iran

A shooter killed a security official and injured two guards during an attack on the Azerbaijani embassy in Iran.
ConflictsJanuary 27, 2023
Flags of CSTO, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan are pictured before a meeting of the Security Council Secretaries of the Collective Security Treaty Organization CSTO in Yerevan, Armenia.

Armenia says it will not host Russian-led military drill

The announcement comes amid rising tensions between Yerevan and Moscow in regards to the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh.
ConflictsJanuary 10, 2023
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, President of France Emmanuel Macron and President of the European Union (EU) Council Charles Michel pictured ahead of peace talks in Prague in October

Azerbaijan rules out Macron role in Armenia peace talks

The Azeri president accused his French counterpart of siding with Armenia over the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.
ConflictsNovember 25, 2022
Armenian soldiers near the border to Azerbaijan

Armenia, Azerbaijan agree to bring in EU mission

The EU is set to play a bigger role in the Caucasus as Russia's ability to manage the ongoing conflict wanes.
ConflictsOctober 7, 2022
Azerbaijani troops stationed in the city of Lachin in early September

Armenia, Azerbaijan trade blame for breaking cease-fire

A fragile cease-fire between the two former Soviet states has come under further stress.
ConflictsSeptember 23, 2022
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Armenian delegation including Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan, and a delegation with Azerbaijan including Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, in New York City.

US hosts talks with Armenia, Azerbaijan

The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan met for the first time since this month's deadly border clashes.
ConflictsSeptember 20, 2022
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on a runway holding flowers next to Armenian National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan; both are walking away from the plane Pelosi disembarked from

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visits Armenia amid cease-fire

Over 200 troops died in clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan before the cease-fire, which has held since Wednesday.
ConflictsSeptember 18, 2022
Armenian soldiers

Armenia's PM talks to Putin, Blinken on Azerbaijan truce

A cease-fire appears to be holding, but Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's office said the situation was still "tense."
ConflictsSeptember 16, 2022
A view of the town of Vardenis after shelling from Azerbaijan

Armenia announces cease-fire with Azerbaijan

Armenian security officials announced a truce with Azerbaijan after two days of fighting near Nagorno-Karabakh.
ConflictsSeptember 15, 2022
A house destroyed by shelling in the Armenian town of Vardenis

Azerbaijan used Russia's weakness in Ukraine, expert says

Flaring tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan comes as regional power Russia is distracted with Ukraine.
ConflictsSeptember 14, 2022
Families of soldiers wait outside a military hospital in Yerevan, Armenia

Almost 100 killed in Armenia, Azerbaijan border clashes

Armenian and Azerbaijani soldiers exchanged artillery fire, prompting fears of an escalation between the two countries.
ConflictsSeptember 13, 2022
Destroyed Armenian military hardware in Nagorno-Karabakh

Azerbaijan, Armenia trade blame over latest Karabakh clashes

The EU has demanded an end to the fighting, which has left several dead.
ConflictsAugust 3, 2022
An Armenian flag flies next to a barricade

Armenia, Azerbaijan work on peace treaty

Ilham Aliyev and Nikol Pashinyan ave discussed unblocking the Azerbaijani-Armenian border with the EU's Charles Michel.
PoliticsMay 23, 2022
Left to right: Armenia Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, European Commission chief Charles Michel and Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev walk down a hall at the Brussels summit

Armenia, Azerbeijan to hold peace talks

The two countries' leaders met for the third time in six months as tensions continue to flare in the region.
ConflictsApril 7, 2022
A Russian soldier stands in front of his tank

Russia: Azeri troops breach peace with Armenia

Moscow has said troops from Azerbaijan violated a peace deal with Armenia over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
ConflictsMarch 26, 2022
Outgoing Armenian president Armen Sarkissian

Armenian president resigns over lack of powers

Armen Sarkissian expressed his dissatisfaction over decisions related to the conflict with Azerbaijan.
PoliticsJanuary 23, 2022
Armenian soldiers at the border with Azerbaijan

Armenia reports 6 soldiers killed in clashes with Azerbaijan

Russia is monitoring a ceasefire, but tensions over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region have risen this week.
ConflictsNovember 19, 2021
Azeri soldiers at the border with Armenia

Armenia confirms ceasefire after Azerbaijan border clash

Armenia's government announced that Moscow had brokered a truce
ConflictsNovember 16, 2021
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Iran warns Israel over 'presence' in Azerbaijan

Iran's Foreign Minister Amirabdollahian says his country does not accept "geopolitical changes" in the Caucasus.
ConflictsOctober 6, 2021
Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh

Armenia PM calls for Russian army on border with Azerbaijan

Armenia has previously accused Azerbaijan of making incursions into its territory, and is looking to Moscow for help.
ConflictsJuly 29, 2021
Armenian soldiers destroy and evacuate their headquarters from the town of Agdam on November 19, 2020

Armenia says three troops dead in clashes with Azerbaijan

Armenia has said three of its soldiers have died in clashes in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
PoliticsJuly 28, 2021
Nikol Pashinyan salutes to his supporters in the entrance of his headquarters after winning the parliamentary elections in Armenia

Armenia: Pashinyan proclaims election win

Prime Minister Nicol Pashinyan's main challengers lagged behind with 21% of the vote.
PoliticsJune 21, 2021
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Armenia-Azerbaijan tensions remain

Observers warn the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan could easily flare up again.
ConflictsJune 20, 202102:56 min
Supporters of the former President Robert Kocharyan wave Armenia's flag at a rally.

Opposition allies rally in Armenia ahead of polls

Supporters of former President Robert Kocharyan have gathered as Armenia braces for early parliamentary elections.
PoliticsJune 18, 2021
The new border between Armenia and Azerbaijan

After Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, an uneasy calm prevails

A DW reporter travels to the new border between Azerbaijan and Armenia after the end of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
ConflictsJune 12, 2021
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Germany warns: AI arms race already underway

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TechnologyJune 7, 2021
Armenian soldiers at the ceasefire line between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Armenia says Azerbaijan remains inside its territory

Territorial tensions are simmering again after the two countries fought a war last year over a breakaway region.
PoliticsMay 14, 2021
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BusinessApril 30, 202102:58 min
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan

Armenian prime minister to step down in April

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has announced his resignation as a means of curbing the political turmoil in the country.
PoliticsMarch 28, 2021
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan arrives at the main square in Yerevan

Armenia's PM calls snap election amid military standoff

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's firing of a military chief had deepened a rift caused by last year's conflict.
PoliticsMarch 18, 2021
Participants shout slogans during an opposition rally to demand the resignation of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan

Armenian PM marches through capital, warns of 'coup'

Supporters and opposition to Nikol Pashinyan have staged rival rallies in Yerevan as calls grow for him to resign.
PoliticsFebruary 25, 2021
Russian President Vladimir Putin (r), Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev (second left), Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan (far left)

Armenia-Azerbaijan: Putin urges 'next steps' after peace

The Armenia and Azerbaijan leaders are in Moscow for their first meeting since a Russia-brokered deal ended hostilities.
ConflictsJanuary 11, 2021
Russian peacekeepers have been based in the region in bid to maintain a Moscow-brokered ceasefire.

Azerbaijan reports solider killed in 'Armenian attack'

Azerbaijan said the incident happened on Sunday afternoon, claiming all six attackers were left dead.
ConflictsDecember 28, 2020