2022 Azerbaijani Attack on Armenia

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Bayramov, Mirzoyan, and Blinken meet in New York. Official photo.

Azerbaijani and Armenian foreign ministers meet in New York

by Ani Avetisyan

•2 min read

The Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers have met in New York with the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in the first official direct talks between the two countries since the recent military escalation on their shared border. Blinken met with Armenian and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov on 19 September. ‘As I conveyed during the meeting, it is time for troops to disengage and diplomats to return to the table’, Blinken wrote on Twitter after t

2022 Azerbaijani Attack on Armenia

Footage appears to show desecration of female Armenian soldier

by Ani Avetisyan

•3 min read

Footage circulating online appears to show the mutilation of a female Armenian soldier by Azerbaijani troops during fighting this week. [Warning: This article contains graphic descriptons of violence.] On Friday, the Armenian Ministry of Defence confirmed that the woman in question was killed during the clashes on 13–14 September along the Armenia-Azerbaijan border. The footage, ostensibly filmed by an Azerbaijani soldier, shows a number of bodies of Armenian soldiers, including two women.

A house in Sotk, Gegharkunik. Photo: Arman Tatoyan/Facebook.

2022 Azerbaijani Attack on Armenia

Podcast | War on the Armenia–Azerbaijan border

by OC Media

•1 min read

In this week’s episode of the Caucasus Digest, Anna Edgar talks to Ani Avetisyan and Ismi Aghayev about the Azerbaijani attack on Armenian military positions along their shared border and what it could mean for future peace talks between the two countries. Read More: * Live updates: shelling along Armenian border continues for second day * Opinion | The war never ended; the peace process never existed * Azerbaijan launches attacks along Armenian border Become a

2022 Azerbaijani Attack on Armenia

Opinion | The war never ended; the peace process never existed

by Bahruz Samadov

•5 min read

Azerbaijani politics has taken a dark turn towards irredentism with its cult of brute force and victory. There can be no lasting peace with Armenians until we dismantle the vengeful founding myths of our national identity and reject violent nationalism. During the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, many in Azerbaijan argued that the war and loss of human life were necessary to prevent further losses in the future. According to that argument, the 1988–1994 war didn’t bring peace, and skirmishes and occ

Azerbaijani strikes on Armenian positions. Source: Arman Tatoyan, former Human Rights Defender of Armenia/Facebook.

2022 Azerbaijani Attack on Armenia

Live updates: shelling along Armenian border continues for second day

by Ani Avetisyan

•1 min read

Azerbaijani strikes on Armenian territory continue into a second day despite the international community’s calls for peace. Azerbaijan claims it responded to a ‘large-scale provocation’ by Armenia. [Read on OC Media: 13 September live updates and yesterday’s sum-up] Armenia has claimed 105 military casualties so far, while Azerbaijan has announced the death of 71 service members. A map of Azerbaijani strikes on the territory of Armenia since 13 September 2022, as reported by Armenian