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In this handout photo released by Turkish Presidency, Azerbaijan's President Ilhan Aliyev, on caret right, and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on carpet left, review an honor guard during a welcome ceremony in Baku, Azerbaijan, Tuesday, June 13, 2023. (Turkish Presidency via AP)

Turkey says it’s ready to open consulate in city that Azerbaijan took from Armenian forces

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People gather outside of the Azerbaijan Embassy after an attack there in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. A man armed with a Kalashnikov-style rifle stormed the Azerbaijan Embassy in Iran's capital Friday, killing the head of security at the diplomatic post and wounding two guards, authorities said. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Gunman kills security chief at Azerbaijan Embassy in Iran

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Ruben Vardanyan, the State Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh, also known as Artsakh leads a cabinet meeting in Stepanakert, the capital of the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh, also known as Artsakh, on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023. Protesters claiming to be ecological activists have blocked the only road leading from Armenia to Nagorno-Karabakh for more than a month, leading to increasing food shortages. Vardanyan thanked all the deputies of the European Parliament, referring to their discussions on the rights of the people and the resolution adopted as a result. (Edgar Harutyunyan/PAN Photo via AP)

Russia threatens the peace in the Caucasus

By Janusz Bugajski

Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev, left, and Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan attention a news conference during their meeting in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort Sochi, Russia, on Nov. 26, 2021. A senior U.N. official urged the international community Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022, to prevent Armenia and Azerbaijan from resuming their conflict over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region as the two countries accused each other of violating a Russian-brokered peace agreement.(Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

U.N. official warns against new Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, left, speaks during a joint news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin following their talks in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Time for a U.S.-Azerbaijan Summit

By S. Rob Sobhani

Russia's Hand in reclaiming the defunct Soviet Union Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Russia’s no-longer hidden hand of inciting inter-ethnic conflict

By Thomas Goltz

FILE - Ethnic Armenian soldiers walk along the road near the border between Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia, Nov. 8, 2020. Judges at the United Nations’ top court ordered Azerbaijan on Tuesday Dec. 7, 2021, to protect all the prisoners it captured during the country's war last year with neighboring Armenia, to prevent incitement of racial hatred against Armenians and to punish vandalism of Armenian cultural heritage. (AP Photo/File)

UN court orders Azerbaijan, Armenia not to aggravate dispute

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Illustration on beginnings of peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

The case for cooperation and peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan

By Hikmet Hajiyev

Armenia premier confirms he will step down to allow election

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In this photo provided by Azerbaijan's Presidential Press Office on Saturday, March 20, 2021, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev gestures while celebrating Novruz Bayramı, a traditional holiday which celebrates the New Year and the coming of Spring outside Shusha, Azerbaijan. Aliyev marked the Nowruz holiday by lighting a ceremonial fire outside Shusha, a culturally revered city that Azerbaijan took from Armenian forces in last autumn's war. Shusha, a center of Azeri culture for centuries, came under Armenian control in 1992 in fighting over the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh region. (Vugar Amrullaev, Azerbaijani Presidential Press Office via AP)

Azeri president marks Nowruz in retaken cultural city

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Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan gestures while addressing his supporters during a rally in his support in the center of Yerevan, Armenia, Monday, March 1, 2021. Amid escalating political tensions in Armenia, supporters of the country's embattled prime minister and the opposition are staging massive rival rallies in the capital of Yerevan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has faced opposition demands to resign since he signed a peace deal in November that ended six weeks of intense fighting with Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh region. (Hayk Baghdasaryan/PHOTOLURE via AP)

Armenian opposition supporters surround government buildings

By AVET DEMOURIAN - Associated Press

Police wearing face masks to protect against coronavirus, block opposition demonstrators during a rally to pressure Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to resign in Yerevan, Armenia, Tuesday, March 9, 2021. Thousands of opposition supporters blockaded the Armenian parliament building and engaged in occasional scuffles with police on Tuesday to press a demand for the country's prime minister to step down. (Stepan Poghosyan/PHOTOLURE via AP)

Opposition in Armenia maintains blockade of parliament

By AVET DEMOURIAN - Associated Press

Armenia Atrocities Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Easing the plight of ethnic Armenians living in Nagorno-Karabakh

By Stephan Pechdimaldji

Opposition demonstrators carrying Armenian national and the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh’s flag, right, march to the government buildings during a rally to pressure Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to resign in Yerevan, Armenia, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021. The developments come after months of protests sparked by the nation's defeat in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with Azerbaijan. (Hrant Khachatryan/PAN Photo via AP)

Armenia’s political tensions rise amid rival rallies

By AVET DEMOURIAN - Associated Press

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan waves to supporters during a rally in his support in the center of Yerevan, Armenia, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. Armenia's prime minister has spoken of an attempted military coup after facing the military's General Staff demand for him to step down. The developments come after months of protests sparked by the nation's defeat in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with Azerbaijan. (Tigran Mehrabyan/PAN Photo via AP)

Armenian PM slams ‘coup attempt’ as political tensions rise

By AVET DEMOURIAN - Associated Press

Thousands march in Armenia, demand prime minister step down

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Azerbaijan reports attack on its troops in Nagorno-Karabakh

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Thousands protest in Armenia, demand PM’s resignation

By AVET DEMOURIAN - Associated Press

Armenia honors Nagorno-Karabakh dead; some demand PM resign

By AVET DEMOURIAN - Associated Press

Azerbaijan: Mine blast in ceded region kills 1, wounds 2

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