Azerbaijan says it seized Nagorno-Karabakh’s 2nd-largest city. But Armenian officials were quick to deny the claim that Shusha had been seized. Azeri President Ilham Aliyev said that his country’s forces had taken Shusha, the second-largest city in the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave. Armenian officials immediately denied the claim. If accurate, this would be a major strategic victory […]
Iran has warned that renewed fighting between its neighbors Azerbaijan and Armenia could escalate into a wider regional war. Iran’s president warned on Wednesday that fighting between Azeri and Armenian forces in the South Caucasus could trigger a regional war. He gave that warning because the death toll rose on the 11th day of hostilities. […]
Israel, a major supplier of arms to Azerbaijan, has come under diplomatic fire from Armenia. Due to the struggle between the Caucasus neighbors in disputed Nagorno-Karabakh. Armenia only opened an embassy in Tel Aviv on September 17. But Yerevan recalled its ambassador barely two weeks later, citing weapons sales to Azerbaijan. While Israel’s president on […]
