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Armenian parishioners attend a national day of prayer for Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) leading by Armenian Catholicos Karekin II at the Armenian Apostolic Cathedral in Etchmiadzin, the seat of the Oriental Orthodox church outside in Yerevan, Armenia, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023. Armenia's government says an ethnic Armenian exodus has nearly emptied Nagorno-Karabakh of residents since Azerbaijan attacked and ordered the breakaway region's militants to disarm. (AP Photo/Vasily Krestyaninov)

Armenian exodus from Nagorno-Karabakh ebbs as Azerbaijan moves to reaffirm control

By Avet Demourian - Associated Press

An ethnic Armenian woman from Nagorno-Karabakh carries her suitcase to a tent camp after arriving to Armenia's Goris in Syunik region, Armenia, late Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. Armenian officials say that by Friday evening over 97,700 people had left Nagorno-Karabakh. The region's population was around 120,000 before the exodus began. (AP Photo/Vasily Krestyaninov)

Azerbaijan issues warrant for former separatist leader as U.N. mission arrives in Nagorno-Karabakh

By Avet Demuryan - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan shake hands during their meeting in the resort city of Sochi, Russia, on Friday, June 9, 2023. Armenia finds itself facing multiple challenges after Azerbaijan reclaimed control of the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh in a blitz offensive and relations with old ally Russia have frayed. (Ramil Sitdikov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Armenia grapples with multiple challenges after the fall of Nagorno-Karabakh

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Ethnic Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh gather next to their belongings near a tent camp after arriving to Armenia's Goris in Syunik region, Armenia, on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023. Armenian officials say that by Friday evening over 97,700 people had left Nagorno-Karabakh. The region's population was around 120,000 before the exodus began. (AP Photo/Vasily Krestyaninov)

Almost all of Nagorno-Karabakh’s people have left, Armenia’s government says

By Lilit Demuryan - Associated Press

Ethnic Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh sit after arriving in Armenia's Goris in Syunik region, Armenia, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. The separatist government of Nagorno-Karabakh announced Thursday that it will dissolve itself and the unrecognized republic will cease to exist by the end of the year, and Armenian officials said more than half of the population has already fled. More than half of the region's population has already fled to Armenia, according to Armenian officials. (AP Photo/Vasily Krestyaninov)

More than 70% of Nagorno-Karabakh’s population flees as separatist government says it will dissolve

By Avet Demourian - Associated Press

Ethnic Armenians gather in hope to leave Nagorno-Karabakh region for Armenia in the center of Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. The separatist government of Nagorno-Karabakh announced Thursday that it will dissolve itself and the unrecognized republic will cease to exist by the end of the year, and Armenian officials said more than half of the population has already fled. (AP Photo/Ani Abaghyan)

Why this week’s exodus from embattled Nagorno-Karabakh reflects decades of animosity

By Jim Heintz - Associated Press

Wounded ethnic Armenian man named Sasha, 84 years-old, from Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh is helped by volunteers walk as he arrives in Armenia's Goris in Syunik region, Armenia, on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. Some 42,500 people, or about 35% of Nagorno-Karabakh's ethnic Armenian population, has left for neighboring Armenia as of Wednesday morning, according to Armenian authorities. Hours-long traffic jams were reported on Tuesday on the road linking Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia. (AP Photo/Vasily Krestyaninov)

Half of Nagorno-Karabakh’s population flees as the separatist government says it will dissolve

By Avet Demourian - Associated Press

Ethnic Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh ride a truck on their way to Kornidzor in Syunik region, Armenia, Sept. 26, 2023. Thousands of Nagorno-Karabakh residents are fleeing their homes after Azerbaijan's swift military operation to reclaim control of the breakaway region after a three-decade separatist conflict. (Stepan Poghosyan, Photolure photo via AP)

Azerbaijan arrests the former head of Nagorno-Karabakh’s separatist government after an offensive

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Ethnic Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh sit in a truck on their way to Goris in Syunik region, Armenia, on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. Thousands of Armenians have streamed out of Nagorno-Karabakh after the Azerbaijani military reclaimed full control of the breakaway region last week. (AP Photo/Gaiane Yenokian)

One of the world’s oldest Christian communities faces genocide. Where’s Biden?

By Billy Hallowell

This grab taken from video distributed by Siranush Sargsyan's Twitter account on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023, shows smoke rising after a fuel depot explosion near Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh. Several dozen people were injured on Monday night at a gas station just outside of the breakaway region's capital, Stepanakert, where a fuel tank exploded. Dozens of people were lining up at the gas station at the time to fuel their cars in order to move to Armenia. (Siranush Sargsyan's Twitter account via AP)

At least 20 dead in gas station explosion as Nagorno-Karabakh residents flee to Armenia

By Avet Demourian - Associated Press

In this image taken from video, refugees from the first group of about 30 people from Nagorno-Karabakh gather in a temporary camp after arriving to Armenia's Kornidzor village in Syunik region, Armenia, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023. The first refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh have arrived in Armenia, local officials reported Sunday, and more were expected to come after a 10-month blockade and a lightning military offensive this month that resulted in Azerbaijan reclaiming full control of the breakaway region. (AP Photo)

Thousands of Armenians flee Nagorno-Karabakh as Turkish president is set to visit Azerbaijan

By Avet Demourian - Associated Press

In this photo released by the Azerbaijani Interior Ministry press service on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023, an Azerbaijani police officer gives food to an ethnic Armenian woman in a camp in Khojaly, settlement in Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan. (Azerbaijani Interior Ministry press service via AP)

Aid shipments and evacuations as Azerbaijan reasserts control over breakaway province

By Joanna Kozlowska - Associated Press

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan leads a cabinet meeting in Yerevan, Armenia, Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. (Tigran Mehrabyan, PAN Photo via AP)

Azerbaijan sends food, other aid to Nagorno-Karabakh after ending an offensive against Armenians

By Avet Demourian - Associated Press

In this photo taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, Russian peacekeepers guard a gate into a camp near Stepanakert in Nagorno-Karabakh. Thousands of Nagorno-Karabakh residents flocked to a camp operated by Russian peacekeepers to avoid the fighting, while many others gathered at the airport of the regional capital, Stepanakert, hoping to flee the region. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Talks have opened on the future of Nagorno-Karabakh as Azerbaijan claims full control of the region

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Children are in a shelter during shelling in Stepanakert in Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. Azerbaijan's forces fired artillery at Armenian positions in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Ethnic Armenian officials reported heavy shelling around the regional capital of Stepanakert. (AP Photo/Siranush Sargsyan)

Azerbaijan and Armenian forces reach cease-fire deal for breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh, officials say

By Avet Demourian - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020 file photo, an ethnic Armenian soldier stands guard next to Nagorno-Karabakh's flag atop of the hill near Charektar in the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh at a new border with Kalbajar district turned over to Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan has announced an “anti-terrorist operation” targeting Armenian military positions. A statement from the Azerbaijan defense ministry said the operation began hours after four soldiers and two civilians died in landmine explosions in the Nagorno-Karabakh region. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File)

Fighting flares again in a breakaway region in the Caucasus Mountains

By Avet Demourian - Associated Press

Trucks with humanitarian aid for Artsakh parked in a road towards the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh, in Armenia, on July 28, 2023. Armenia called on the U.N. Security Council to hold an emergency meeting on the worsening humanitarian situation in Azerbaijan’s Nagorno-Karabakh region, which is mostly populated by Armenians. In his letter to the president of the U.N. Security Council, sent Friday and released by Armenia’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday Aug. 12, 2023, Armenian U.N. ambassador Mher Margaryan said the people of Nagorno-Karabakh were “on the verge of a full-fledged humanitarian catastrophe.” (Hayk Manukyan/PHOTOLURE via AP, File)

With Nagorno-Karabakh under blockade for 8 months, Armenia seeks urgent UN Security Council meeting

By Avet Demourian - Associated Press

Trucks with humanitarian aid for Artsakh parked in a road towards the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh, in Armenia, Friday, July 28, 2023. The former chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court warned that Azerbaijan is preparing genocide against ethnic Armenians in its Nagorno-Karabakh region and called for the UN Security Council to bring the matter before the ICC. A report by Luis Moreno Ocampo issued Tuesday said Azerbaijan's blockade of the only road leading from Armenia to Nagorno-Karabakh seriously impedes food, medical supplies and other essentials to the region of about 120,000 people. (Hayk Manukyan/PHOTOLURE via AP)

Armenians face genocide in Azerbaijan, former International Criminal Court prosecutor warns

By Abby Sewell - Associated Press

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, right, and Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan, centre, meet in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, July 25, 2023. (Maxim Shipenkov/Pool Photo via AP)

Armenia calls on allies to help get aid to Nagorno-Karabakh during tensions with Azerbaijan

By Avet Demourian - Associated Press

Secretary of State Antony Blinken, center, meets with Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov-Camera, left, and Armenia's Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan, at the National Foreign Affairs Training Center in Arlington, Va., Thursday, June 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

U.S. says Armenia and Azerbaijan have made ‘further progress’ toward a peace deal

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press