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Sep
27
2023
By FELIX LIGHT and GUY FAULCONBRIDGE
US calls on Azerbaijan to safeguard Armenians as thousands flee Karabakh

US calls on Azerbaijan to safeguard Armenians as thousands flee Karabakh

WORLD
HUNGRY and exhausted Armenian families jammed roads to flee homes in the defeated breakaway enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, while the United States called on Azerbaijan to protect civilians and let in aid. The Armenians of Karabakh - part of Azerbaijan beyond Baku's control since the dissolution of the Soviet Union - began fleeing this week after their forces were routed in a lightning military operation by Azerbaijan's military. At least 13,550 of the 120,000 ethnic Armenians who call Nagorno-Karabakh home arrived in Armenia on the first day of the exodus, with hundreds of cars and buses crammed with belongings snaking down the mountain…
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Nov
22
2020
By The African Mirror
Uprooted by war, Armenians face bleak winter in schools and sanatorium

Uprooted by war, Armenians face bleak winter in schools and sanatorium

WORLD
UMBERTO BACCHI SHELTERING in chilly school buildings and mountain sanatoriums, thousands of Armenians are bracing for a harsh winter after being driven from their homes by six weeks of fighting over the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave. About 90,000 ethnic Armenians fled the mountainous enclave with the little they could take during the short war with Azerbaijan that ended with a Russian-brokered peace deal earlier this month, according to the United Nations. As temperatures fall, some people want to return to the area, but widespread damage and unexploded ordnance means many could be stuck for months in temporary accommodation - either with relatives…
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Oct
06
2020
By The African Mirror
Azeris and Armenians say civilian areas attacked, NATO seeks ceasefire

Azeris and Armenians say civilian areas attacked, NATO seeks ceasefire

WORLD
NVARD HOVHANNISYAN and NAILIA BAGIVORA ARMENIA and Azerbaijan accused each other on Monday of attacking civilian areas on the ninth day of the deadliest fighting in the South Caucasus region for more than 25 years. NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg added his voice to calls for an immediate end to the clashes over Nagorno-Karabakh, a mountain enclave that belongs to Azerbaijan under international law but is populated and governed by ethnic Armenians. But prospects for a ceasefire appeared remote after the fighting intensified over the weekend and following uncompromising comments by Azeri President Ilham Aliyev. In an address to the nation…
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