Sevan Basin News Today

We're going to head into the Caucasus for the next stop on our World of Genomics tour, as we travel to Armenia!

Armenia, country of Transcaucasia, lying just south of the Caucasus mountain range. To the north and east Armenia is bounded by Georgia and Azerbaijan, while its neighbors to the southeast and west are, respectively, Iran and Turkey. The capital is Yerevan.

Recent News: Armenia and Azerbaijan witnessed a lull in fighting Thursday after hostilities broke out two days before. The outbreak of conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh region is the most significant escalation between the two countries since 2020, when Azerbaijan expelled Armenian forces from Nagorno-Karabakh.