The Latest Breaking News from Azerbaijan

Nagorno-Karabakh’s breakaway government says it will dissolve itself

President of Armenia’s unrecognised republic signs decree under which it will cease to exist by 1 January 2024

The Guardian - UK · Sep 28, 2023

Nagorno-Karabakh: Separatist government says unrecognised republic will cease to exist by January 2024

Azerbaijan reclaimed full control over the region and demanded the government dissolve itself

Evening Standard · Sep 28, 2023

Nagorno-Karabakh will 'cease to exist' as half of population flees

The separatist leader of Nagorno-Karabakh on Thursday ordered the dissolution of all state institutions by the end of the year, saying the separatist enclave will "cease to exist" from 1 January.

Radio France Internationale · Sep 28, 2023

Former state minister of Nagorno-Karabakh arrested by Azerbaijan

Ruben Vardanyan detained as he tried to cross into Armenia in first high-profile arrest since Azerbaijani offensive

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2023

Azerbaijan's use of force in Nagorno-Karabakh risks undermining key international norms, signaling to dictators that might makes right

The United States’ top humanitarian aid representative, Samantha Power, was dispatched on a fact-finding mission on Sept. 26, 2023, to a registration point on the border with Armenia for those fleeing the Armenian-populated enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh. What she found was frustration: “Sanction Azerbaijan or go back to your country! We…

The Conversation · Sep 27, 2023

One third of Karabakh population flees Azerbaijan's control

Armenia said Wednesday that more than a third of Nagorno-Karabakh's population has fled the enclave since Azerbaijan crushed the rebels' decades-long fight for an independent state last week.

Radio France Internationale · Sep 27, 2023

More than a third of Nagorno-Karabakh’s ethnic Armenians flee, says Yerevan

Armenia says 42,500 people have arrived, fearing their rights and security will not be protected in Azerbaijan.

Al Jazeera · Sep 27, 2023

Nagorno-Karabakh: four in 10 of the region’s population flees into Armenia

Death toll from fuel depot explosion on Monday rises to 68 as ethnic Armenians raise concerns about reprisals from Azerbaijan

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2023

More than 50,000 refugees have fled Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenia says

Armenia said on Wednesday it had received 50,243 Nagorno-Karabakh refugees since Azerbaijan’s lightning offensive, representing more than a third of the separatist ethnic Armenian enclave’s population.

France 24 · Sep 27, 2023

Azerbaijan says 192 of its troops were killed in last week's offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh

Azerbaijan's health ministry says a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and over 500 were wounded during its offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh last week

The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2023