Eurasianet

While evidence of a Syrian presence in Azerbaijan grows, Azerbaijanis have strongly denied the claims and Armenian officials have seized on them to portray the conflict as a “clash of civilizations.”

A group of Azerbaijani refugees and IDPs welcomed an Italian photographer to document their lives inside an abandoned cinema.

The mobilizations in both countries are the first since the war in the 1990s.

What is known so far about the fighting suggests that Baku is focusing on two particular districts, Fuzuli and Jabrayil.

While there is no confirmation of the many Armenian allegations of material support from Turkey, the vigorous rhetorical support from Azerbaijan’s ally has been undeniable.

Since July, events have appeared to be inexorably leading up to a more ambitious Azerbaijani offensive.

With a new outbreak of fighting, the two sides appeared closer than ever to a total war.

The move to the city Azerbaijanis consider a pearl of their history has been seen as a provocation in Baku.

As diplomatic talks stall, Ilham Aliyev blames the negotiators for failing to push Armenia toward concessions.

Hardening attitudes on both sides of the conflict have slowed the release of the film, nine years in the making.

Some hard talk from the Russian foreign minister has led to recriminations in Yerevan and the prospect of Azerbaijan’s foreign minister getting sacked.

Armed forces on both sides appear not to have made many concessions to the need to social distance, but diplomats have held their first videoconference as part of the ongoing peace negotiations.

Baku reacted sharply to videos, circulated in social media, of Iranian fuel trucks on what it considers to be its illegally occupied territory.

The territory has a new de facto president, but he will come into office with his legitimacy in question.

The Armenian government needed a clean vote in Karabakh for both its domestic and international agendas. But that is not how it turned out.

Two pro-Pashinyan candidates were the first-round leaders for de facto president. Observers noted widespread violations, however, and many argued the vote shouldn’t even have happened given the coronavirus outbreak.

There are worries that election observers from Armenia – which has been relatively hard-hit by the COVID-19 outbreak – could bring the virus into Karabakh.

The program had been a bone of contention between Armenians and Azerbaijanis, but U.S. officials say the motivation behind the cut was not political.

The isolation of Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Nagorno-Karabakh have served them well as the disease spreads all around them.

The two leaders scored points with audiences back home, but the event seems unlikely to have advanced the prospects for peace between the two rivals.

The controversial comments came just days before the foreign ministers of the two sides are scheduled to meet for another round of talks.

Armenia and Azerbaijan have taken relatively pro-Tehran lines in the new crisis, while Georgia is sticking close by Washington.

The International Crisis Group makes novel suggestions on some of the thorniest issues surrounding the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict.

A new book examines the mirrored geopolitical visions at the heart of the conflict.

The restoration has sparked arguments about whether the mosque should be considered “Persian” or “Azerbaijani,” and some locals question whether the Armenian-controlled territory should be rebuilding its mosques at all.