On the morning of September 19, 2023, nine-year-old Gor Arustamyan went to school as usual in the Artsakh capital Stepanakert.
Zhulieta Galstyan (61) and her grandson Areg Gasparyan (9), were killed in their house in the village of Horatagh by an Azerbaijani rocket.
The U.S. stands with civilians affected by Azerbaijan’s military operation and supports the Armenian government’s efforts to help those in need.
On September 25, a few days after Azerbaijan launched a military offensive against Artsakh, Arevik Israelyan went to work at the Artsakh Scientific Center in Stepanakert for the last time.
Susanna Hovhannisyan also lived in Stepanakert. The pension of 63-year-old Susanna and her husband totaled 150,000 AMD per month. That amount was enough to cover the couple’s expenses.
Melkonyan says teaching younger students is new to her, but she’s adapting to the new work environment and to life in Armenia She says everything is different, even the stones and nature.
Ten-year-old Mira excelled at her school in Artsakh. She regrets not taking her awards with her when the family fled their village of Kert in Artsakh’s Martuni district.
Alex’s family arrived in Goris on one of the first buses that left Stepanakert. They don't have any relatives in Armenia and are temporarily living in a Goris hotel while looking for permanent housing.
The Assembly also said the massive exodus of almost the entire Armenian population from the region had led to “allegations and reasonable suspicion that this can amount to ethnic cleansing”.
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