The Latest Breaking News from South Caucasus

France's Sebastien Lecornu travelled to Armenia Thursday on the first trip by a French defence minister to the South Caucasus nation. It comes as tensions rise with Yerevan's historic rival Azerbaijan, and as French President Emmanuel Macron met with Armenia's leader in Paris.

Azerbaijani forces attacked the breakaway and long-disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh in September 2023. Less than a month later, and the region is now all but deserted.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhichevan on Monday to meet his counterpart Ilham Aliyev as thousands of ethnic Armenians fled the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh after a lightning military operation that has changed the contours of the South Caucasus.

Direct flights have resumed between Russia and Georgia amid protests and sharp criticism from the South Caucasus nation's president

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Washington on Monday as part of efforts to ease friction between the South Caucasus rivals.

South Caucasus rivals Armenia and Azerbaijan on Tuesday accused each other of opening fire around the contested Nagorno-Karabkah region in a clash that resulted in deaths on both sides.

The Russian Foreign Ministry announced that Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian would visit Moscow on Wednesday to discuss several issues with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov. Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a briefing on Thursday that Lavrov and Amirabdollahian would exchange views on current international issues, including…

Georgian police used tear gas to disperse protesters on Tuesday in central Tbilisi after parliament gave its initial backing to a draft law on "foreign agents" which critics say represents an authoritarian shift in the South Caucasus country.

While we’re focused on Ukraine, a brutal dictatorship in the South Caucasus is testing the world’s resolve: Since Dec. 12, Azerbaijani operatives have blocked the only road, known as the Lachin Corridor, connecting the Nagorno-Karabakh autonomous enclave to the outside world. It is a test. Failing it will invite a…

The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed at talks in Washington to expedite negotiations between the two South Caucasus nations that have clashed repeatedly over control of the Nagorno-Karabakh region, the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday.