The military base of the Russian peacekeepers in the north of Stepanakert (Khankendi) city of the Nagorno-Karabakh region has been attacked by Azerbaijan Republic’s air force.
Following the announcement of a temporary ceasefire between the Republic of Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh, negotiations will be held on September 21 in the Azerbaijani city of Yevlakh to determine the status of this region; talks that pave the way for Nagorno-Karabakh to join the body of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
The army of the Republic of Azerbaijan targeted military positions in the Nagorno-Karabakh using artillery fire and drones. The statement of the Azerbaijani MOD indicates the beginning of a new military operation in the Karabakh region against the Armenians.
Aviation data shows that there has been an increase in the flights of Azerbaijani transport planes to Israel to transfer ammunition and weapons to Baku and Ganja. In the last week alone, three military transport flights have been made to Baku and Ganja.
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.
ISWNews Analysis Group – On May 30, Head of the Israeli regime Isaac Herzog arrived in Azerbaijan’s capital city Baku at the invitation of President of Azerbaijan Republic Ilham Aliyev with the aim of “strengthening their strategic ties.”
ISWNews Analysis Group – The Islamic Republic of Iran identified four diplomats of the Azerbaijan Republic’s government as persona non grata and expelled them from the Islamic country.
Azerbaijan Republic and Armenia have been trying for a long time to put pressure on peacekeeping forces of the Russian Federation through violating ceasefire, blocking Lachin Corridor and besiege Armenian nationals living in the Nagorno-Karabakh region; so, the Russian government has decided to dispatch another commander to the region in order to put in order the situation there.
The hurdles in the way of creating a sustainable peace in southern Caucasus region between Azerbaijan Republic and Armenia are abundant, and the issue of prisoners of war (PoWs), who were nabbed following the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War, adds to the complication of the circumstances between the two sides.
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 […]
