par Rami Rayess, 06/03 08:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over the contested region of Nagorno-Karabakh tends to resurface periodically, only to dwindle once armed hostilities cease. International attention wanes thereafter, despite the human casualties and the displacement of tens of thousands of people from their homes and lands. Similarly, the displacement of ...
par This Is Beirut, 28/03 20:14 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Armenia Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh Russia This is Beirut
Russia on Thursday accused Armenia of trying to rupture increasingly strained ties between the two ex-Soviet countries, as Yerevan voices mounting criticism of Moscow's role as regional security guarantor. The small Caucasus nation has been in a decades-long standoff with its neighbour and rival Azerbaijan, and has repeatedly accused Moscow of ...
par This Is Beirut, 15/04 11:59 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Armenia ICJ Nagorno-Karabakh This is Beirut
Armenia and Azerbaijan are facing each other at the ICJ on Monday over mutual "ethnic cleansing" claims, as tensions increase between the long-running enemies. Azerbaijan and Armenia again crossed swords before the United Nation's top court on Monday, with Baku accusing Yerevan of using the high profile hearings to wage a "public media campaign" ...
par This Is Beirut, 16/04 22:47 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Armenia Azerbaijan ICJ Nagorno-Karabakh This is Beirut
Azerbaijan has "completed ethnic cleansing", says Armenia to the ICJ on Tuesday, in the latest legal clash over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh. Armenia accused bitter rival Azerbaijan of having "completed ethnic cleansing" in the former breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, but told the UN's top court Tuesday it was committed to seeking peace with ...
par This Is Beirut, 23/04 13:58 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Armenia Azerbaijan border demarcation Nagorno-Karabakh This is Beirut
Armenia and Azerbaijan started settling their border dispute on Tuesday in an effort to normalize relations following Azerbaijan's capture of Nagorno-Karabakh last year. Armenia and Azerbaijan announced on Tuesday that they had started fixing their border, as part of normalization efforts between the arch foes that had been locked in a ...
par This Is Beirut, 13/05 11:06 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Armenia Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh Nikol Pashinyan This is Beirut
Armenian police said on Monday that they had detained dozens of people attempting to block streets in the capital, Yerevan, as part of protests against government plans to concede land to Azerbaijan. Armenia has agreed to hand over territory it has controlled since the 1990s and has started border delimitation efforts in a bid to secure an ...
par This Is Beirut, 24/05 19:23 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Armenia Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh Pashiyan
In a key step towards normalizing ties between the historic rivals, Armenia has returned four border villages it seized decades ago to Azerbaijan. The move, which has sparked protracted protests in Armenia, represents an important move towards reaching a comprehensive peace agreement after years of fruitless talks mediated by Russia and Western ...
par This Is Beirut, 27/05 14:58 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Armenia Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh Pashiyan Territorial Concession
Armenia said on Monday that police had detained hundreds of demonstrators demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan over territorial concessions made to Azerbaijan. Pashinyan's position remains unshaken, despite the challenge mounted by charismatic archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, who is trying to launch an impeachment process ...
par This Is Beirut, 21/06 11:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Armenia announced Friday it was recognising the State of Palestine, the latest country to do so during the war in Gaza, saying it was against "violence towards civilian populations." A series of nations have recognised the State of Palestine amid the war between Israel and Hamas, drawing strong rebukes from Israeli officials. Shortly after the ...
par This Is Beirut, 10/07 19:17 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Armenia Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh Nato Summit Peace settlement
Foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan will meet Wednesday in Washington for a fresh round of US-mediated talks, Yerevan and Washington announced, as the arch-foe neighbors negotiate a peace agreement. The Caucasus rivals fought two wars -- in the 1990s and in 2020 -- over control of Azerbaijan's breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region, which had ...
par Chelsea Al Arif, 13/09 10:31 - Reading : less than a minute
On Thursday, Cardinal Krikor Bedros XV Agagianian’s remains were carried by representatives of 12 religious communities during a national celebration in Beirut, symbolizing unity and peace amid Lebanon’s ongoing crises.
