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Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan was the first foreign leader to visit Karabakh since the end of last year’s war, in which Turkish backing helped Azerbaijan secure its victory.

From Azerbaijan’s perspective, there are perils to either the reelection of the incumbent prime minister or the return to power of his main rival, former president Robert Kocharyan.

The deal, brokered by Georgia and the United States, is a partial resolution to the most contentious issues between the two sides following last year’s war.

But in the chaos of their retreat last year, did Armenian soldiers even make maps of the mines they laid? Post-War Report.

Following the victory over Armenia, Azerbaijan has thanked Turkey by awarding several multimillion-dollar contracts to companies close to the Turkish president.

Both in Azerbaijan and Armenia, the history of these medieval people is misunderstood and is being manipulated for political ends.

Yerevan said there was no point in discussing new transportation routes with Azerbaijan while there was so much tension along their border. Baku’s response was curiously muted. Post-War Report.

The government has moved quickly to restore the city it has declared its cultural capital, but the lack of transparency has raised concern.

Many erstwhile allies of the government are distancing themselves from controversial negotiations with Azerbaijan.

Azerbaijani forces advanced more than three kilometers and crossed Armenia’s border, Yerevan said. Now everyone is looking to Moscow for a reaction. Post-War Report.

How did diplomacy become so irrelevant to resolving the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict?

Baku has said it intends to restore the church to its “original” form. They haven’t said what that is, though, and Armenians haven’t been consulted. Our weekly Post-War Report.

The two men pleaded guilty to being mercenaries but rejected charges they were “terrorists.”

It would be an alternative connection to Russia to the route Azerbaijan has championed since the ceasefire ending last year’s war.

After the war, a number of new grassroots initiatives have emerged bringing together Armenians and Azerbaijanis who want to try to build, or rebuild, ties. Post-War Report.

Azerbaijan appears even less worried than usual about international criticism.

After previously denying it, Azerbaijan now says that Armenia fired Russian-made rockets during last year’s war. And now they’re trying to make things difficult for Moscow.

Azerbaijan has been playing hardball with Armenia over the prisoners it continues to hold. But with a botched POW release that wasn’t, Armenia has weakened its position all by itself.

Following last year’s Armenia-Azerbaijan war, officials said there would soon be passenger flights at Stepanakert’s long-closed airport. Now that looks again like a distant prospect.

What’s in a name? Azerbaijan’s decision to stop using the name “Nagorno-Karabakh” is the latest chapter in the long history of contested terminology in the region. Our weekly Post-War Report.

Amid heightened concerns about the fate of historic cultural heritage sites in Karabakh comes news that Azerbaijan has razed a three-year-old Armenian church. Our weekly Post-War Report.

Azerbaijan announced the drills shortly after its president issued aggressive statements about Armenian territory, leading to rumors among Armenians about a new war. Our weekly Post-War Report.

The end of the war created cartographic complications that have real-life implications for people on the ground. So where will the line be drawn?

Two spy scandals involving well-regarded organizations speak to Armenians’ loss of faith in the international community, as well as the opposition’s interest in taking advantage of that mistrust. Our weekly Post-war Report.

Residents are torn whether to rebuild or leave: “If the Russians weren’t here, most people would have already left.”