Artsakh President Arayik Harutyunyan, responding to a statement made earlier today that some 2,000 foreign mercenaries had been transported to the Karabakh conflict zone from the Middle East, announced that Armenian forces had already killed or wound
At a news briefing today in Yerevan, Armenian Defense Ministry Special Representative Artsrun Hovhannisyan stated that Artsakh Defense Army (ADA) units repelled an attempted Azerbaijani advance towards the village of Taghavard, which lies north of Ha
The Azerbaijani military hit the Artsakh capital Stepanakert with Smerch rocket fire this afternoon injuring one civilian, this according to the Artsakh State Emergency Service (ASES).
Artsakh President Arayik Harutyunyan today fired the following officials, this according to a statement released by his office.
Armenian Defense Ministry Special Representative Artsrun Hovhannisyan reports that fighting in the Artsakh-Azerbaijani conflict zone continues, and that it is especially intense in the eastern and south-eastern directions of the front line.
The Azerbaijani military continued to target civilian residential areas in Artsakh today, this according to the Armenian Unified Info Center.
Citing the use of white phosphorus weapons by Azerbaijan, fifty Armenian environmental organizations have sent a letter to international organizations about the threat of ecocide in Artsakh.
The Artsakh Defense Army (ADA) reports that this afternoon, in the direction of Karvatchar, it shelled Azerbaijani forces who tried to remove the bodies of Azerbaijani soldiers killed yesterday in a gorge.
The Armenian Defense Ministry reports that Azerbaijani artillery units fired at Armenian units today and that some of the shells fell on Iranian territory.
Armenian President Armen Sarkissian and Deputy Mayor of Paris Anouch Toranian met today in Yerevan and discussed the ongoing fighting in Karabakh.
Artsakh President Arayik Harutyunyan said today that those government officials who left the country at the start of the war will face appropriate sanctions and dismissed if found in violation of the law.
The Armenian Ministry of Defense reports that Artsakh Defense Army and Armenian volunteer units continue to locate and destroy Azerbaijani special forces and mercenary units along the southeastern frontline (Sekher-Karmir Shuka-Taghavard).
The Armenian Ministry of Defense has refuted Azerbaijani claims that Armenian armed forces launched a Smerch missile strike on the Fizuli district, in southwestern Azerbaijan, from Armenia’s soil.
The Human Rights Defender’s Office (HRDO) in Armenia reports that the social networks of Armenian POWs have been accessed and are now being managed by Azerbaijani users to disseminate disinformation and to incite public panic in Armenia and Artsakh.
The Armenian Ministry of Defense reports that Artsakh Defense Army troops last night fought defensive battles in the eastern, south-eastern, and southern directions.
The official describes the burning a “war crime” that poses an environmental catastrophe for Artsakh and a health risk for the population.