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A Russian peacekeeper guards the Lachin corridor. TOFIK BABAYEV/AFP via Getty ImagesWars have consequences – and they are drastically different for the winners and losers. In the South Caucasus, a region far from most Americans’ attention, the democratic republic of Armenia lost a short but devastating war three years ago to Azerbaijan, its larger, richer neighbor. That defeat is being felt hardest today by the increasingly desperate people of Nagorno-Karabakh. Known by Armenians a...

Azerbaijans actions have undermined one international law after the other, but it seems that dictators dont care about humanitarian law.

From the blog of Varouj Vartanian at The Times of Israel

YEREVAN, JULY 27, ARMENPRESS. The position of the Armenian side regarding the need to address the rights and security issues of the people of Nagorno Karabakh in the context of achieving long-term peace in the region has not changed, ARMENPRESS reports, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan stated in response to the journalists' question whether Yerevan continues to insist that there be an international mechanism for the Baku-Stepanakert dialogue, or was...

YEREVAN, JULY 27, ARMENPRESS. The position of the Armenian side regarding the need to address the rights and security issues of the people of Nagorno Karabakh in the context of achieving long-term peace in the region has not changed, ARMENPRESS reports, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan stated in response to the journalists' question whether Yerevan continues to insist that there be an international mechanism for the Baku-Stepanakert dialogue, or was...

YEREVAN, JULY 27, ARMENPRESS. The position of the Armenian side regarding the need to address the rights and security issues of the people of Nagorno Karabakh in the context of achieving long-term peace in the region has not changed, ARMENPRESS reports, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan stated in response to the journalists' question whether Yerevan continues to insist that there be an international mechanism for the Baku-Stepanakert dialogue, or was...

YEREVAN, JULY 27, ARMENPRESS. The position of the Armenian side regarding the need to address the rights and security issues of the people of Nagorno Karabakh in the context of achieving long-term peace in the region has not changed, ARMENPRESS reports, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan stated in response to the journalists' question whether Yerevan continues to insist that there be an international mechanism for the Baku-Stepanakert dialogue, or was...

A court in Sumgait, a city in Azerbaijan, on Wednesday continued the sham trial of the two Armenian soldiers captured by Azerbaijani forces in May. The servicemen, Harutyun Hovagimyan and Karen Ghazaryan, were ambushed and kidnapped by Azeri troops after delivering provisions to an Armenian army outpost on May 26. Baku reported their capture and

According to information from the Unified Dispatch Service, there may be delays in the intervals of 168 buses on 53 regular routes due to traffic jams observed in various parts of the capital during the current morning rush hour. Azernews reports, citing Baku Transport Agency.

Today, in the heart of Baku, at the foot of the Maiden Tower, numerous believers gathered. They came to pay their respects to the Apostle Bartholomew. At the place where the saint passed away in the Old City, a prayer service was performed with choral chanting to the saint, Azernews reports, citing local media outlets.