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The handover of territory has brought Azerbaijani forces into close contact with several Armenian towns and a critical road, leading some locals to blame the central government for failing to protect them.

Turkey helped Azerbaijan win on the battlefield, but what Ankara stands to gain geopolitically remains to be seen.

While Armenians increasingly agree that the prime minister needs to step down, they are divided on who could replace him.

The Azerbaijani government has promised to prosecute any war crimes, but many are skeptical of its sincerity.

The previously apolitical figure has emerged as a challenger to the embattled prime minister. But his chances of success aren’t clear.

The handover was confused, as the current Armenian residents got multiple mixed messages over whether they could stay.

Hundreds of soldiers on each side are still missing three weeks after fighting stopped.

Travel bans, dams and Russian fans. This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

For those of us advocating for progressive values in Azerbaijan, the war has been a setback.

The statement comes as Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is coming under increasing criticism for his handling of the war and ceasefire negotiations.

Moscow at first responded to the war cautiously, but was in the end forced to intervene decisively. Was this a geopolitical coup or was Moscow’s hand forced?

Fears are growing in particular for Armenian monuments being handed over.

Following a week of attacks from his opponents, now Pashinyan is being abandoned by some of his allies.

The messy reality on the ground in Kelbajar illustrates the difficulties to come in implementing the general principles of the ceasefire agreement.

The upheaval in Armenia echoes similar instability in Azerbaijan after it lost the same territories in the 1990s.