The 10-day Eagle Partner 2023 military exercise began to prepare Armenia for participation in international missions with the participation of 85 American and 175 Armenian military personnel.
ISWNews Analysis Group – An Armenian border guard and another from Azerbaijan were wounded on June 15 as a result of an exchange of fire at the entrance to the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Azerbaijan Republic and Armenia have always shown that they are very talented in confronting and creating tensions against each other, and every minor issue can cause a tension or crisis between the two countries. In the latest examples of such tensions, Azerbaijan’s flag was burned in a weightlifting event in Yerevan and a shooting occurred in border areas between Armenia’s Gegharkunik and Azerbaijan’s Kalbajar.
ISWNews Analysis Group – A fresh conflict between border guards of Armenia and Azerbaijan Republic left four Armenian and three Azerbaijani military forces killed.
A number of so-called environmental activists, who support Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev, stopped transit of Armenians in Shusha city towards the center of Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) region. Azerbaijan’s armed forces, from March 25, have started advancing in some parts of northern corridor of Lachin and seized control of heights overlooking side roads from Lisagor (Turssu) village […]
ISWNews Analysis Group – The forces of the Republic of Azerbaijan army, stationed in the border strip of Armenia, once again blocked the way of Armenia to the center of Nagorno-Karabakh, namely the city of Stepanakert (Khankendi).
ISWNews Analysis Group – The Azerbaijani army violated the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement by crossing the agreed contact line in north of Lachin in Karabakh.
ISWNews Analysis Group – According to Russian and Armenian media, the armed forces of the Republic of Azerbaijan opened fire on the Armenian side of Nagorno-Karabakh in Khojavend axis.
In the southernmost part of the Caucasus, Iran shares a 750-kilometer border with Azerbaijan and the Nakhchivan region, of which about 138 km had been controlled by Armenian forces after the end of the First Nagorno-Karabakh War (1991–1994). After the Second Karabakh War in 2020, these areas returned to the sovereignty of Azerbaijan. For its part, Iran’s border with Armenia is only 40 km and yet is considered a lifeline for the three million Armenians whose landlocked country has been regionally isolated by Azerbaijan and Turkey.
A new controversial video has been published of captured Armenian soldiers who are surrounded by Azeri forces and are executed against international laws. This video has been widely surfaced on social media and Caucasus media and has attracted a lot of attentions.
ISWNews Analysis Group: The evidence indicates that the Azerbaijan army with the help of Turkey is preparing to launch a massive military offensive against the Armenia after the anniversary of the start of the second Karabakh war.
During the border clashes, the Azerbaijani army managed to penetrate deep into defense positions of Armenia by capturing 7 military positions. Edvard Asryan, Chief of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces, during a visit to the Jermuk region, admits that Azerbaijan has advanced and several positions have fallen: “The Azerbaijani army, due to […]
