Armenian soldiers take their position on the front line in Tavush region, Armenia, Tuesday, July 14, 2020. Both sides also reported that dozens of enemy troops were killed, but the competing claims couldn’t be independently verified. On Thursday, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar met with Azerbaijan’s deputy defense minister and air force commander, Ramiz Tahirov, in Ankara and condemned “the vile attack” on Azerbaijan's Tovuz district. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev fired his foreign minister Thursday, accusing him of failing to duly defend the nation's interests amid the conflict. Clashes resume on volatile Armenian-Azerbaijani borderCoronavirus updates: Big 12 announces fall football as other conferences postponeFlorida sheriff forbids staff, visitors from wearing masksTrump praises QAnon-embracing candidate who won GOP runoff in GeorgiaArmenian soldiers take their position on the front line in Tavush region, Armenia, Tuesday, July 14, 2020.
State Department Response to Congressional Armenian Caucus Letter Regarding Azerbaijani Military Exercises. Armenia Azerbaijan war A local MP talks to residents of a house destroyed by Armenian shelling in the border town of Tobhuz in Azerbaijan Within the coronavirus pandemic, deep fears have been raised about the possibility of a new full-blown war between Azerbaijan and Armenia, two hostile neighbors in … 16:22, 12 August, 2020. Skirmishes on the volatile Armenia-Azerbaijan … It said the Armenian military attacked Azerbaijani forces on Thursday morning, shelling several settlements with large-caliber weapons. Turkey, which has close ethnic and cultural ties with Azerbaijan, has voiced strong support to Baku in the conflict. (Armenian Defense Ministry Press Service/PanPhoto via AP) Skirmishes on the volatile Armenia-Azerbaijan border escalated Tuesday, marking the most serious outbreak of hostilities between the neighbors since the fighting in 2016. Fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces flared up again Thursday on the South Caucasus nations' shared border, with both sides blaming the other for the attacks that extended the worst outbreak of hostilities between the two countries in years. Thousands have demonstrated in Azerbaijan calling for war after recent deadly clashes with neighbouring Armenia. “The Armenian side mustn't forget that the state-of-the-art missile systems our army has are capable of launching a precision strike on the Metsamor nuclear power plant, and that would be a huge tragedy for Armenia,” Azerbaijani Defense Ministry spokesman Vagif Dargyakhly said in a statement. In a statement that reflected the potential for the conflict's escalation, Azerbaijan warned it could strike Armenia's nuclear power plant if the Armenian forces launched an attack on a strategic water reservoir in Azerbaijan. After a lull in fighting on Wednesday, the conflict resumed with new vigor on Thursday. A long-standing feud between Armenia and Azerbaijan is heading for a collision course as border tensions and public anger boil over.Rabat – The likelihood of a new war between Armenia and Azerbaijan is increasing on the northern edges of the greater Middle East. YEREVAN, Armenia -- But tensions never fully subsided and July saw a series of violent clashes between troops that resulted in casualties on both sides.Both countries have started to use heavy artillery, shelling targets across the border. Azerbaijan said it lost 12 service members and one civilian, and Armenia said four of its troops were killed and 20 others were wounded. The United States and Russia, which co-chair the Minsk group of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe that has tried to negotiate a settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, condemned the violence and called for restraint. Armenian military spokesman Artsrun Hovhannisyan said Armenia had brought the Azerbaijani statement to the attention of its international partners and expects them to strongly condemn it. “They (Armenians) will be crushed and drown in this plot they have created and they will definitively pay for what they did," Akar said after the meeting. He accused the leaders of the opposition Popular Front of Azerbaijan of inciting riots to destabilize Azerbaijani during the renewed fighting with Armenia and warned they could face criminal charges. As a result, Azerbaijani SSR imposed a war which ended in 1994 with the victory of the Armenian forces. The current outburst of fighting appears to be the most serious spike in hostilities since 2016 when scores were killed in four days of fighting. In light of the latest escalation of the conflict, there’ve been plenty of prognoses about how a potential all-out war between Armenia and Azerbaijan would play out. Please check your email for further instructions.Thanks for subscribing!
State Department Response to Congressional Armenian Caucus Letter Regarding Azerbaijani Military Exercises. Armenia Azerbaijan war A local MP talks to residents of a house destroyed by Armenian shelling in the border town of Tobhuz in Azerbaijan Within the coronavirus pandemic, deep fears have been raised about the possibility of a new full-blown war between Azerbaijan and Armenia, two hostile neighbors in … 16:22, 12 August, 2020. Skirmishes on the volatile Armenia-Azerbaijan … It said the Armenian military attacked Azerbaijani forces on Thursday morning, shelling several settlements with large-caliber weapons. Turkey, which has close ethnic and cultural ties with Azerbaijan, has voiced strong support to Baku in the conflict. (Armenian Defense Ministry Press Service/PanPhoto via AP) Skirmishes on the volatile Armenia-Azerbaijan border escalated Tuesday, marking the most serious outbreak of hostilities between the neighbors since the fighting in 2016. Fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces flared up again Thursday on the South Caucasus nations' shared border, with both sides blaming the other for the attacks that extended the worst outbreak of hostilities between the two countries in years. Thousands have demonstrated in Azerbaijan calling for war after recent deadly clashes with neighbouring Armenia. “The Armenian side mustn't forget that the state-of-the-art missile systems our army has are capable of launching a precision strike on the Metsamor nuclear power plant, and that would be a huge tragedy for Armenia,” Azerbaijani Defense Ministry spokesman Vagif Dargyakhly said in a statement. In a statement that reflected the potential for the conflict's escalation, Azerbaijan warned it could strike Armenia's nuclear power plant if the Armenian forces launched an attack on a strategic water reservoir in Azerbaijan. After a lull in fighting on Wednesday, the conflict resumed with new vigor on Thursday. A long-standing feud between Armenia and Azerbaijan is heading for a collision course as border tensions and public anger boil over.Rabat – The likelihood of a new war between Armenia and Azerbaijan is increasing on the northern edges of the greater Middle East. YEREVAN, Armenia -- But tensions never fully subsided and July saw a series of violent clashes between troops that resulted in casualties on both sides.Both countries have started to use heavy artillery, shelling targets across the border. Azerbaijan said it lost 12 service members and one civilian, and Armenia said four of its troops were killed and 20 others were wounded. The United States and Russia, which co-chair the Minsk group of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe that has tried to negotiate a settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, condemned the violence and called for restraint. Armenian military spokesman Artsrun Hovhannisyan said Armenia had brought the Azerbaijani statement to the attention of its international partners and expects them to strongly condemn it. “They (Armenians) will be crushed and drown in this plot they have created and they will definitively pay for what they did," Akar said after the meeting. He accused the leaders of the opposition Popular Front of Azerbaijan of inciting riots to destabilize Azerbaijani during the renewed fighting with Armenia and warned they could face criminal charges. As a result, Azerbaijani SSR imposed a war which ended in 1994 with the victory of the Armenian forces. The current outburst of fighting appears to be the most serious spike in hostilities since 2016 when scores were killed in four days of fighting. In light of the latest escalation of the conflict, there’ve been plenty of prognoses about how a potential all-out war between Armenia and Azerbaijan would play out. Please check your email for further instructions.Thanks for subscribing!