On August 11, from 15:30 to 20:00, Azerbaijani troops once again opened fire from different caliber firearms at the Armenian positions in the Yeraskh section of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, Armenian Ministry of Defense said in a report. The enemy’s fire was silenced by the retaliatory actions of the Armenian military units. There are no losses …

The Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan has issued a statement accusing Armenia  of violating the trilateral statement of November 9, 2020, once again threatening and presenting demands to the Russian peacekeepers stationed in Artsakh. The withdrawal of the Armenian Armed Forces from the “territory of Azerbaijan”, where the Russian peacekeeping forces are temporarily stationed, is …

Last week, Mher Margaryan, Armenia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, sent a letter to Nicolas de Riviere, Permanent representative of France to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of July, depicting Azerbaijan’s infringements of Armenia’s sovereign territory, which resulted in casualties. The letter triggered various discussions in Armenia, …

The Russian Ministry of Defense is ready to assist in the modernization and reformation of the Armenian armed forces, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said at a meeting with Armenian Minister of Defense Arshak Karapetyan in Moscow. “We attach great importance to the development of our cooperation in the military field, both in the bilateral format …

A scandal is maturing in Russian-Azerbaijani relations. In particular, yesterday a video was posted on the Internet of an Azeri diplomat, former Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Belarus, Moldova, Switzerland and Pakistan, Isfandiyar Vahabzade, insulting Russian politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky and the Russian people. Vahabzade thus responded to Zhironovsky’s earlier statements, which the Azerbaijani side considered an …

Hundreds of Afghan soldiers who retreated to the airport outside Kunduz after the Taliban captured the northern city at the weekend have surrendered, a local lawmaker told AFP Wednesday. Amruddin Wali, a member of the Kunduz provincial council, said soldiers, police and uprising forces “surrendered to the Taliban with all their military gear”.

The Turkish occupation forces and their mercenaries of terrorist organizations have launched an artillery shelling attack on large areas in Aleppo northern countryside, causing a damage to the locals’ houses, their properties and their agricultural orchards, SANA reported. Local sources from Aleppo northern countryside told SANA that an intensive artillery shelling was launched by the …

Three sappers of the Humanitarian Demining Center were wounded in a cluster bomb blast while conducting engineering works  in Nor Shen village in Artsakh’s Martuni region on August 11, Artsakh State Emergency Service said in a statement today. Two of the sappers were rushed to the Republican Medical Center by ambulance with various bodily injuries, …

The situation in parliament became tense after the speech of NA Deputy Speaker Ishkhan Saghatelyan, when the leader of the Civil Contract faction Hayk Konjoryan was going to speak. The MPs of the opposition faction started shouting. NA Speaker Alen Simonyan issued a warning to MPs of the Armenia faction Agnesa Khamoyan and Armen Rustamyan. …

As part of the European Union’s efforts to support vaccination in partner countries, the Commission today increased from €40 million to €75 million its assistance package to deploy safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines and speed up the vaccination campaigns in the six Eastern Partnership countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Republic of Moldova and Ukraine. With …