cease-fire violations by azeris

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The National, UAE

Sept 28 2020

Armenia says Turkey is sending drones and warplanes to Azerbaijan

Fighting that erupted in the early hours of Sunday killed at least 24 people

Turkey sent military experts, drones and warplanes to reinforced the Azerbaijan in fighting with neighbouring Armenia over disputed territory, the Armenian Foreign Ministry said on Monday.

The Armenian parliament accused Turkey of interfering in the conflict, which Azerbaijan denied.

Fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh has killed dozens and raged into Monday morning with heavy artillery used by both sides.

The Armenian defence ministry reported fighting throughout the night, while its counterpart in Azerbaijan said Armenian forces were shelling the town of Terter.

Karabakh President Arayik Harutyunyan said Turkey was providing mercenaries and warplanes.

“The war has already ... [gone] beyond the limits of a Karabakh-Azerbaijan conflict,” he said.

The skirmishes have raised the spectre of a new war between the ex-Soviet rivals, locked since the early 1990s in a stalemate over the Armenia-backed breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Seventeen Armenian separatist fighters were killed and more than 100 wounded in the fighting, Mr Harutyunyan said, conceding that his forces had lost positions.

Both sides also reported civilian casualties.

“We are tired of Azerbaijan’s threats, we will fight to the death to resolve the problem once and for all,” Artak Bagdasaryan, 36, told AFP in Yerevan.

He was waiting to be conscripted into the army, he said.

Karabakh separatists said one Armenian woman and a child were killed, while Baku said an Azerbaijani family of five died in shelling by Armenian separatists.

Azerbaijan claimed it captured a strategic mountain in Karabakh that helps control transport links between Yerevan and the enclave.

Armenian defence ministry spokesman Artsrun Hovhannisyan, in turn, said Karabakh rebel forces killed about 200 Azerbaijani troops and destroyed 30 enemy artillery units and 20 drones.

Fighting between Muslim Azerbaijan and Christian-majority Armenia threatened to embroil regional players Russia and Turkey, with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan calling on global powers to prevent Ankara’s involvement.

“We are on the brink of a full-scale war in the South Caucasus,” Mr Pashinyan said.

France, Germany, Italy and the EU swiftly urged an immediate ceasefire, while Pope Francis prayed for peace.

French President Emmanuel Macron expressed his deep concern on Sunday and “strongly called for an immediate end to hostilities”.

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said he was also extremely concerned and urged the sides to stop fighting and return to talks.

The US State Department said it had contacted the two countries and called on them to “use the existing direct communication links between them to avoid further escalation”.

Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the military flare with Mr Pashinyan and called for an end to hostilities.

But Azerbaijan’s ally Turkey blamed Yerevan for the fighting and promised Baku its full support.

“The Turkish people will support our Azerbaijani brothers with all our means as always,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan tweeted.

Azerbaijan accused Armenian forces of breaching a ceasefire, saying it had launched a counteroffensive to “ensure the safety of the population”, using tanks, artillery missiles and drones.

In a televised address to the nation earlier on Sunday, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev vowed victory over Armenian forces.

“Our cause is just and we will win,” he said, echoing Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin’s address at the outbreak of the Second World War.

“Karabakh is Azerbaijan.”

Armenia and Karabakh declared martial law and military mobilisation. Azerbaijan imposed military rule and a curfew in cities.

Armenia said that Azerbaijan attacked civilian settlements in Nagorno-Karabakh including the main city, Stepanakert.

Azerbaijan’s foreign ministry said there were reports of dead and wounded. “Extensive damage has been inflicted on many homes and civilian infrastructure,” it said.

Ethnic Armenian separatists seized the Nagorno-Karabakh region from Baku in the 1990s, a war in which 30,000 were killed.

Talks to resolve one of the worst conflicts to emerge from the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union have been largely stalled since a 1994 ceasefire agreement.

France, Russia and the US have mediated peace efforts as the Minsk Group, but the last big push for a peace deal collapsed in 2010.

“We are a step away from a large-scale war,” Olesya Vartanyan of the International Crisis Group told AFP.

“One of the main reasons for the current escalation is a lack of any proactive international mediation ... for weeks.”

On Sunday morning, Azerbaijan started bombing Karabakh’s front line, including civilian targets, and Stepanakert, Karabakh’s presidency said.

The rebel defence ministry said its troops shot down four Azerbaijani helicopters and 15 drones, which Baku denied.

In July, heavy clashes along the countries’ shared border – hundreds of kilometres from Karabakh – killed an Azerbaijani civilian and at least 16 soldiers in total, with losses on both sides.

During clashes in April 2016, about 110 people were killed.

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.thenational.ae/world/europe/armenia-says-turkey-is-sending-drones-and-warplanes-to-azerbaijan-1.1084680

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The Times, UK

Sept 28 2020

Nagorno-Karabakh clashes: Turkey sends Syrian mercenaries into combat against Armenians

Hannah Lucinda Smith, Istanbul | Richard Spencer, Beirut

Monday September 28 2020, 5.00pm BST, The Times

Europe

An Armenian foreign ministry photo shows medics helping a man who is said to have been injured in clashes in Azerbaijan's breakaway region of Nagorno Karabakh

ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY/AFP/GETTY IMAGES

Turkey is sending mercenaries to Azerbaijan to help it in its border conflict with Armenia that has brought both countries to the brink of war.

Clashes broke out yesterday in Nagorno-Karabakh, the border region of Azerbaijan that has been occupied by Armenia since 1991.

The fighting continued overnight, killing at least 39 people. Both countries have declared martial law, and President Aliyev of Azerbaijan today ordered the partial mobilisation of his armed forces.

Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of violating a ceasefire in the area, which Armenia denies.

The present fighting represents the most serious flare-up for four years and it is feared that Russia and Turkey could be drawn into a proxy war.

Nagorno-Karabakh is an ethnic Armenian region that broke away from Azerbaijan in the late 1980s, when both countries were part of the Soviet Union. Nagorno-Karabakh is internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan.

Armenia, however, claims that Azerbaijan has been bought in heavy weaponry from Turkey and shipped in fighters from Syria in preparation for an attack.

Turkey is a staunch ally of Azerbaijan: both are majority-Muslim countries and Azeris speak a dialect of Turkish.

The two countries held joint military drills last month, and Turkey has transferred rocket-launchers into Nakhchivan, an Azerbaijani exclave between Turkey and Armenia.

President Erdogan was quick to throw his support behind Baku yesterday, calling Armenia “the biggest threat to regional peace.” Nikol Pashinyan, the prime minister of Armenia, retaliated with a call to the international community to block Turkey from becoming involved in the conflict.

A former rebel who fought in the Syrian civil war told The Times that 150-200 of his colleagues had been recruited by Turkey to fight on the Azerbaijani side.

Mohammad Mahmoud al-Sourani, now a member of the Turkish-backed “Syrian National Army” in Idlib province, said he had registered to go.

“The Turkish army didn’t force anyone to register,” he said. “But it’s the side in control of this area [the Syrian province of Idlib], which is pretty much starving, and recruitment was linked to the desperate need for money of young men and fathers.

“Are they mercenaries? Yes, but I can’t blame the men who went to Azerbaijan because I know they had to do that due to the bad economic situation.”

He said there had been no extra training, as the men were regarded as battle-hardened from years of conflict against pro-Assad forces, including Russians. The contracts were for either three or six months. The fighters were told they would be used as guards, police officers and fighters on the front lines. He said they would be paid up to 10,000 Turkish lira (about £1,000) compared with a salary of 200 lira in the SNA.

In the end Mr Sourani had pulled out of going.

“One of the reasons why I changed my mind is that we have fought the Shia militias for ten years here in Syria, so why would we go fight for the mostly Shia Azerbaijan now?” he said.

“I want Turkey to stop taking advantage of our poverty and I ask our Syrian leaders to be aware of what is happening. Syrian men are being exploited. Syrians are seekers after peace not war.”

He said that there was no contact with the fighters who went in Azerbaijan because they were not allowed to keep their phones.

It is the second time that Turkey, which has expanded its influence over the remains of the Free Syrian Army, has sent Syrians under its command to other regional conflicts.

Ankara is also believed to have sent about 10,000 Syrian rebel fighters to Libya, where they are fighting on behalf of the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord.

Syrians who have been fighting for President Assad have been seconded to the other side of Libya’s war, to support the Libyan National Army under Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar’s.

 

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/nagorno-karabakh-clashes-turkey-sends-syrian-mercenaries-into-combat-against-armenians-wz6cqjc57

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Middle East Monitor

Sept 28 2020

Armenia uses image of gun-wielding priest as Azerbaijan declares state of war

September 28, 2020

Azerbaijan yesterday declared a state of war in some of its cities and regions following attacks by Armenian forces on military and civilian sites over the weekend.

The decision was made in a meeting of Azerbaijan’s National Assembly yesterday, in which it enforced partial measures in its border regions which could temporarily restrict some rights and freedoms of Azeri citizens and foreigners due to the conflict.

It came after Armenian forces reportedly targeted Azerbaijan’s military positions and civilian areas around the Armenia-occupied Nagorno-Karabakh region, igniting border clashes that have left dozens dead on both sides.

Azeri forces have reportedly captured seven villages in the region since the clashes, but Armenia has denied that claim.

The conflict between the two sides also prompted clashes on social media, in which Armenia’s official Twitter account – handled by its Foreign Ministry – posted a picture of an Armenian priest wielding an assault rifle and holding a crucifix, with the caption “Faith & Power!”

Faith & Power! #StopAzerbaijaniAgression #StopAliyev #KarabakhNow #NKpeace #NKstrong #ArtsakhStrong #ՀԱՂԹԵԼՈՒԵՆՔ pic.twitter.com/ql9cZkpYdu

— Armenia (@armenia) September 27, 2020

Many have viewed that tweet as an effort to provoke and add a religious element to Christian-majority Armenia’s historic enmity against Muslim-majority Azerbaijan.

Israel’s concern with Turkey: Libya in the west, Azerbaijan in the east

Turkey’s Foreign Ministry also weighed in on the renewed border clashes, pledging and assuring its support for Azerbaijan while condemning Armenia’s alleged aggression. In a statement, the ministry’s spokesman Hami Aksoy said yesterday that Armenia’s attack “is a clear violation of international law and causing civilian casualties. With these attacks, Armenia has once again shown that it’s the biggest obstacle before regional peace and stability.”

He added that “Azerbaijan will definitely use its right to self-defense in order to protect its people and territorial integrity.”

It is not only Turkey’s government that has declared its support, but also the owner of its renowned Bayraktar drone manufacturer, Selcuk Bayraktar. In a tweet today, he shared a video of Azeri forces’ drone strikes against Armenian forces, expressing his support for Azerbaijan only months after his company sold its Bayraktar TB2 drones to the South Caucasian nation.

#Azerbaycan https://t.co/LmpViTgkoG

— Selçuk Bayraktar (@Selcuk) September 27, 2020

Various actors in the international community have urged for an end to the conflict between the two countries, with the European Union calling for an “immediate ceasefire”, French President Emmanuel Macron expressing his “deep concern” and calling for “an immediate end to hostilities”, and­ UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres saying he is “extremely concerned”.

Relations between the two former Soviet nations have been particularly strained since 1991, when Armenia occupied the Upper Karabakh region, known as Nagorno Karabakh, despite it being an internationally-recognised territory belonging to Azerbaijan.

The region has remained occupied by Armenia ever since, even though the occupation has been constantly urged to withdraw following four UN Security Council and two UN General Assembly resolutions.

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20200928-armenia-uses-image-of-gun-wielding-priest-as-azerbaijan-declares-state-of-war/

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#Հայկական #զինուժի կողմից հակառակորդի խոցված սպառազինությունը սեպտեմբերի 28-ի, ժամը 21:00-ի դրությամբ

https://yerkirmedia.am/hy/article/2020/09/29/22107/

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Արցախում հակառակորդի կրակից վիրավորված հղի կինն արու զավակ է ծնել, անունը՝ Մոնթե։ Այս մասին տեղեկացնում է Սուրբ Աստվածամայր ԲԿ-ի խոսնակ Գևորգ Դերձյանը։

Հիշեցնենք, որ սեպտեմբերի 27-ին Ադրբեջանի զինուժը լայնածավալ հարձակում է սկսել Արցախում՝ թիրախավորելով նաև խաղաղ բնակչությանը։ Արցախի զինուժը խոցել է հակառակորդի 5 ուղղաթիռ, 36 անօդաչու թռչող սարք, 47 զրահատեխնիկա, հիմնականում տանկեր:

Հայաստանում և Արցախում սեպտեմբերի 27-ին հայտարարվել է ռազմական դրություն։

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Zoryan Institute Armenia Releases Statement on Artsakh and Azerbaijan Conflict

September 28, 2020: In the early morning of September 27, 2020, the Republic of Azerbaijan launched large-scale military offensive along the entire Line of Contact between the Republic of Artsakh and Azerbaijan, targeting civilian settlements, including the capital of Artsakh, Stepanakert.

In response to recent events, Prof. Elisa von Joeden-Forgey, Zoryan Institute Board Member, shares an article published in the Institute for the Study of Genocide (IGS) newsletter by Christoph H. Benedikter about the longstanding conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, titled Genocide as Conflict Resolution? In his article, Benedikter refers to the 2016 “Four Day War” and highlights how pressure from major powers like Russia and the United States helped to quickly bring the violence to an end. He then states:

“…however, the roots of the conflict remain unchanged. A new escalation, more comprehensive than a previous one, is therefore likely to happen. If the well- equipped armed forces of Azerbaijan succeed in winning a decisive victory, this could mean the end of Armenian life and Armenian culture in Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan’s foreign and security policy and the increasingly clear statements of its president and other dignitaries suggest that genocide is at least accepted, if not already planned.”

Since 2016, there continues to be a number of border clashes, threats and instances of violence between Azerbaijan and the Republic of Artsakh. As recently as July of this year, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev threatened to bomb the Armenian nuclear power plant, which could have catastrophic consequences for the civilian population of the entire region, especially on either side of the Turkey and Armenia border, possibly leading to an event comparable to Chernobyl.

 

The most recent hostilities carried out by the Azerbaijani side, on September 27, 2020, contradict all international human rights norms.The reports along with videos and photos taken on site demonstrate that Azerbaijan has bombed settlements tens of kilometres far from the Line of Contact, targeting schools, kindergartens, hospitals, apartments and other civilian buildings, causing casualties among the civilian population.

 

Turkey's military involvement in the conflict between the Republic of Artsakh and Azerbaijan exacerbatesthe situation, and could be dangerous for the security of the entire region. It is no secret that Baku, with the undisguised support of Turkey, aims to assume control of the Republic of Artsakh. In the process, as Christoph H. Benedikter predicted, this could possibly lead to ethnic cleansing and/or genocide.

 

Armenians experienced genocide under Ottoman rule in 1915, and Turkish involvement in this conflict has the possibility of reigniting a trauma that has been passed down through generations. The consequences of this war extend beyond the conflict itself, as ethnic cleansing and genocide are a real threat to Armenians of this region.

 

The Zoryan Institute Armenia calls on human rights organizations and the leadership of the world’s major powers to recognize the enshrined rights of self-determination codified in the 1975 Helsinki Final Act, to exert their influence in the South Caucasus to stop this war before it escalates any further, and to prevent the potential genocide in the making.

The Zoryan Institute is a non-profit organization that serves the cause of scholarship and public awareness relating to issues of universal human rights, genocide, and diaspora-homeland relations. This is done through the systematic continued efforts of scholars and specialists using a comparative and multidisciplinary approach and in accordance with the highest academic standards.

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Armenians Should Unite Against Turkey’s
And Azerbaijan’s Joint Attack on Artsakh
By Harut Sassounian
Publisher, The California Courier
www.TheCaliforniaCourier.com

A massive attack was launched against Artsakh by Azerbaijan with the
direct participation of Turkey and Islamic Jihadist mercenaries in the
early hours of Sept. 27, 2020.

The Azeri/Turkish side not only attacked Armenian military forces, but
also peaceful civilians in various villages and Stepanakert, the
capital of the Republic of Artsakh. Ominously, Turkish F-16 Air Force
jets operated in the war zone after several threatening remarks
against Armenia by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

As we write this article on Monday (Sept. 27), the battles continue.
We hope that France, Russia, and the United States will intervene and
stop the bloodshed. So far 370 Azeri soldiers, including
Lieutenant-Colonel Mehman Miraziz, have been killed. Mais Barkhudarov,
an Azeri Major General was wounded and captured by the Armenian
forces. In addition, 81 foreign Islamist Jihadist mercenaries have
been killed. Eighty four Armenian soldiers were killed and more than
100, mostly civilians, wounded. Turkey, which transported a large
number of these Islamist terrorists to Azerbaijan, has promised to pay
them thousands of dollars a month. It is embarrassing that Azerbaijan
and Turkey with their own huge militaries are too cowardly to use
their own soldiers and are importing mercenaries from Northern Syria.
Hopefully, these hired terrorists will suffer the same fate as the
Afghan Mujahideen and Chechen mercenaries who were brought to
Azerbaijan in the 1990’s to fight against the Armenian forces. Many of
them were killed in battle and the rest left Azerbaijan seeing the
cowardly behavior of Azeri soldiers. In addition, Armenian forces have
destroyed Azerbaijan’s four helicopters, 36 tanks and armored vehicles
and 27 drones, including those purchased from Israel and Turkey.

Russia and the United States issued statements calling for a ceasefire
and return to the negotiating table. Significantly, the U.S. State
Department announced that “participation in the escalating violence by
external parties would be deeply unhelpful and only exacerbate
regional tensions.” This was an indirect call to Turkey not to meddle
in the Artsakh conflict. However, the United States government should
go beyond mere words and sanction both Turkey and Azerbaijan by not
providing any weapons or foreign aid to either of them. In addition,
we are seeing the same meaningless statement urging both sides to
cease fire without condemning the party that started the attacks,
which is always Azerbaijan. I am certain that the United States and
Russia know full well who started the attacks.

I am sure most Armenians realize that at this critical time when the
lives of the populations of Armenia and Artsakh are at risk, they
should refrain from continuing their personal or partisan disputes.
This is no time to engage in internal disagreements. The priority is
to deter the common enemy. We should all rally around the government
of Armenia. Similarly, Diaspora Armenians should set aside their petty
disputes and join ranks. I know many Armenian-Americans have been
engaged in supporting the different candidates in the upcoming U.S.
presidential elections and Facebook is full of their heated comments.
I urge everyone to take a break from these political disputes and
rally around Armenia and Artsakh. We are facing much larger and more
powerful enemies, Azerbaijan and Turkey. Only our united effort and
smart tactics can protect us to avoid the reoccurrence of the
Genocide.

Even though I am not a military expert, I have some common sense
suggestions to Armenia’s leaders. This is not a partisan issue. I had
made the same suggestion to Armenia’s previous and current
governments, regrettably to no avail. I would like to remind our
political leaders in Armenia that they should immediately declare that
they will postpone all negotiations until such time that Azerbaijan
and Turkey stop firing on Armenia and Artsakh. How can one carry out
peaceful negotiations when the other side is holding a gun to your
head? Armenia should declare to the world that we are for peaceful
negotiations; however, it is not acceptable that Azerbaijan keeps
firing while supposedly negotiating. What kind of negotiation is that?
One can either fight or talk, but not do both at the same time. If the
negotiations are interrupted, Azerbaijan is the one that will be the
loser because that is the only way that it hopes to arrive at mutual
concessions. It is in Azerbaijan’s interest to stop firing and start
negotiating. The international community will only blame Azerbaijan
for the interruption of the peaceful negotiations. By not placing such
a reasonable condition on negotiations, Armenia is in fact is
encouraging Azerbaijan to continue firing on Armenia and Artsakh,
costing the lives of many young Armenian. No more negotiations unless
Azerbaijan stops these continuous attacks.

The other suggestion I have is that we should never tell the enemy
where we would or would not attack. After the spokesman of the Azeri
Defense Forces threatened in July that Azerbaijan could attack the
Armenian Nuclear power plant, I was dismayed to hear an Armenian
official state publicly that Armenia would never attack civilian
targets in Azerbaijan. There was no need to make such an announcement.
Let the enemy guess what you would or would not do in case of war. If
Armenia thought that by making such an announcement it will gain
praise from the international community, it is sadly mistaken. War is
not the time to play Mr. Nice Guy. The world respects only strength.
Rights and good behavior do not count. Let Azeris worry that Armenia
could attack their dams, pipelines, oil fields and civilian
populations. We do not need to announce whether we could attack such
targets or not. Azerbaijan had no hesitation attacking Stepanakert
this week, why should we announce that we have no interest in
retaliating on similar Azeri targets?

Finally, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan just announced that the
possibility of Armenia recognizing Artsakh’s independence is “on the
table and needs to be reviewed.” This is a welcome announcement.
Pashinyan already had announced in Stepanakert last year that “Artsakh
is Armenia, period.” The previous Armenian government had also
declared that if Azerbaijan attacks Artsakh, Armenia would then
recognize Artsakh’s independence. It is high time that Armenia take
such a decision which would be an appropriate response to the
Azeri/Turkish attack on Artsakh.

I urge all Armenians around the world to united and defend the
homeland in whatever way they can against its enemies, Azerbaijan and
Turkey.

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For Immediate Release

Senator Anthony J. Portantino’s Statement

on Azerbaijan’s Attacks on Artsakh

 

September 28, 2020

 

Having spent significant time in Artsakh over the past 5 years I have seen a peaceful people who have bravely lived under the threat of violence for three decades. The children and families I broke bread with deserve to fulfill the promise of their lives without bombs and border aggression threatening their futures.

 

I am extremely disheartened by the unprovoked attack on Artsakh by Turkish backed Azerbaijan forces. The recent actions of Aliyev and Erdogan to increase combative tactics and undermine the tenuous 30 years of peace needs to be condemned by the international community. The United States and the international community must hold Azerbaijan and Turkey accountable and call for immediate de-escalation and an end to all military actions. The Trump administration should halt all economic assistance to Azerbaijan and work through the OSCE Minsk group to establish a lasting peace in the region.

 

A failure to act swiftly now will encourage aggression and lead to more loss of innocent life.

 

Hon. Anthony J. Portantino

State Senator

25^th State Senate District

 

Attachment: 2020.9.28 Senator Anthony Portantino Statement on Azerbaijan's Attacks on Artsakh.pdf

Description: 2020.9.28 Senator Anthony Portantino Statement on Azerbaijan's Attacks on Artsakh.pdf

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Armenian Parliament adopts statement condemning Azerbaijani military aggression against Artsakh

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15:24, 28 September, 2020

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 28, ARMENPRESS. The Armenian Parliament unanimously adopted the draft statement on condemning the military aggression unleashed by Azerbaijan against the Republic of Artsakh on September 27.

118 MPs voted in favor of the draft statement.

The statement has been drafted by MPs of the three parliamentary factions.

In the statement the Armenian MPs note that conducting military operations against the civilian population, elderly, children and woman is banned not only by the international law, but also in all civilizations, all global religions. They highlighted that the international community should take practical steps to restrain not only Azerbaijan’s aggression, but also the aspirations of its ally Turkey to intervene in the Artsakh conflict which will lead to the extreme destabilization of the region, creating a direct threat to the international peace and security. They reaffirmed that the “Armenian side has always remained committed to the peaceful settlement of the conflict within the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairmanship, at the same time, being the guarantor of the security of Artsakh, will not hesitate to take all necessary measures to protect the security and _expression_ of will to self-determination of the Artsakh-Armenians”.

Reporting by Anna Grigoryan; Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

 

 

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Artsakh’s military says situation under full control, “good possibilities” for developing successes

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16:03, 28 September, 2020

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 28, ARMENPRESS. President of Artsakh Arayik Harutyunyan and Armenia’s Minister of Defense Davit Tonoyan visited the Army Command Center on September 28 to get acquainted with the ongoing and potential future developments of the military operations amid the Azerbaijani attack on Artsakh.

Artsakh’s Defense Minister and Commander of the Defense Army Major General Jalal Harutyunyan briefed on the tactical-strategic situation and the Defense Army’s countermeasures against the Azerbaijani aggression, the Artsakh Defense Ministry said in a news release.

The Commander of the Defense Army said they are in full control of the situation and that “good possibilities have been created to develop the recorded successes in the future.”

Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan

 

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Turkish lira registers a record drop after Azerbaijani attack on Artsakh

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15:32, 28 September, 2020

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 28, ARMENPRESS. The Turkish lira has registered a historic record drop on September 28, Reuters reports, stating that the record low is connected with the ongoing military operations launched by Azerbaijan against Artsakh.

The Turkish lira weakened 1% against the dollar, equaling to 7.79.

Armenia’s and Azerbaijan’s sovereign dollar bonds recorded a 3-4% decline.

On September 27 early morning the Azerbaijani military has launched a massive cross-border artillery attack on Artsakh, including on civilian settlements. Peaceful settlements are also under bombardment, including the capital city of Stepanakert.

59 people were killed and more than 200 were wounded in Artsakh from the Azerbaijani attack.

Armenia and Artsakh declared a martial law and mobilization.

According to the latest data, the Azerbaijani side has suffered nearly 200 human losses as a result of its aggression. The Artsakh side has destroyed a total of 4 Azerbaijani attacking helicopters, 27 UAVs, 36 tanks, armored vehicle, as well as 2 engineering armored vehicles and 11 armored equipment.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

 

 

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Numerous representatives of Armenia’s Yazidi community volunteer for departing to Artsakh

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15:38, 28 September, 2020

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 28, ARMENPRESS. Many representatives of the Yazidi community in Armenia have volunteered for departing to Artsakh to protect the borders of the Homeland, President of the National Union of Yazidis in Armenia Aziz Tamoyan said.

“Yazidis are always ready to protect their Homeland”, Tamoyan said.

Commenting on the situation around Nagorno Karabakh caused by the Azerbaijani military aggression, Tamoyan said he condemns the Azerbaijani actions. “What is taking place in the line of contact is inhuman action, and I strongly condemn it. The Azerbaijani side carries out a very aggressive policy which is supported by Turkey”, he said.

On September 27 early morning the Azerbaijani military has launched a massive cross-border artillery attack on Artsakh, including on civilian settlements. Peaceful settlements are also under bombardment, including the capital city of Stepanakert.

59 people were killed and more than 200 were wounded in Artsakh from the Azerbaijani attack.

Armenia and Artsakh declared a martial law and mobilization.

According to the latest data, the Azerbaijani side has suffered nearly 200 human losses as a result of its aggression. The Artsakh side has destroyed a total of 4 Azerbaijani attacking helicopters, 27 UAVs, 36 tanks, armored vehicle, as well as 2 engineering armored vehicles and 11 armored equipment.

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Military releases footage of Artsakh destroying more attacking Azerbaijani military equipment

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16:16, 28 September, 2020

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 28, ARMENPRESS. Artsakh’s Defense Army units carry out successful counter actions in separate sections during the ongoing large-scale operations in the Artsakh-Azerbaijan line of contact, Armenian defense minister’s spokesperson Shushan Stepanyan said on Facebook.

“Fights of various intensity are raging on. Defense Army units carry out successful counter actions in separate sections. The fighting spirit of our servicemen is high”, she said, attaching a video to the post, showing more destructions of the Azerbaijani attacking military equipment by the Artsakh forces.

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On September 27 early morning the Azerbaijani military has launched a massive cross-border artillery attack on Artsakh, including on civilian settlements. Peaceful settlements are also under bombardment, including the capital city of Stepanakert.

59 people were killed and more than 200 were wounded in Artsakh from the Azerbaijani attack.

Armenia and Artsakh declared a martial law and mobilization.

According to the latest data, the Azerbaijani side has suffered nearly 200 human losses as a result of its aggression. The Artsakh side has destroyed a total of 4 Azerbaijani attacking helicopters, 27 UAVs, 36 tanks, armored vehicle, as well as 2 engineering armored vehicles and 11 armored equipment.

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Turkish F-16s back Azeri attack on Karabakh, Sarkissian says warning of Ottoman Empire's ghost

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16:12, 28 September, 2020

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 28, ARMENPRESS. Turkey is supporting Azerbaijan in its attack on Artsakh with its F-16 fighter jets, Armenian President Armen Sarkissian said.

President Armen Sarkissian was delivering opening remarks at the CYBERSEC2020 international cybersecurity conference which is taking place in partnership with NATO.

“Armenia is facing cyber threat every day and not only from our neighbor Azerbaijan, but also from Turkey, which is NATO member. Unfortunately, this virtual threat is becoming more and more material one. Probably you’ve heard that there’s a conflict on the borders of Nagorno Karabakh started by Azerbaijan on Sunday. Unfortunately I have to declare that NATO member Turkey is fully supporting now Azerbaijan through its electronic drones - through cyber-attacks. But it’s not only that. Turkey is supporting Azerbaijan also through their personnel, advisers, mercenaries and also with their F-16s. For every Armenian living worldwide that’s sort of a return of the ghost. Why I say ghost, because that’s the ghost of the Ottoman Empire, that 105 years ago masterminded the Armenian Genocide. There’s no way that we can allow that this genocide happen again,” Sarkissian said in part in the remarks.

In the early morning of September 27, the Azerbaijani military launched a massive attack on Artsakh using air force, missiles and tanks. The Azerbaijani artillery strikes targeted civilian settlements, including Stepanakert city, which resulted in several civilians being killed. Schools were also bombed. A mother and her child were killed in Martuni, Artsakh. Many other civilians were wounded. The battles continue.

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Azerbaijani forces loose 10 more tanks in major failed offensive attempt against Artsakh

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16:24, 28 September, 2020

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 28, ARMENPRESS. Azerbaijani armed forces have launched a tank attack in the south-eastern direction of Artsakh, but the offensive was thwarted by the tank and anti-tank divisions of the Artsakh Defense Army and Azerbaijani forces lost 10 armored equipment.

“Combat operations continue. The tactical-strategic situation is under the control of the Defense Army units,” Defense Ministry spokesperson Shushan Stepanyan said.

Earlier the Artsakh military had reported that they had destroyed a total of 36 tanks and armored vehicles, 4 helicopters and other equipment since the Azeri attack began.

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Azerbaijani military drone makes threatening approaches against Armenian reporters covering battles

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17:15, 28 September, 2020

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 28, ARMENPRESS. An Azerbaijani military UAV has made threatening approaches against a group of reporters currently covering the Azerbaijani attack on Artsakh in the town of Martuni, Tert.am news website’s reporter Ani Gevorgyan confirmed to ARMENPRESS.

“We were carrying out our professional duties in Martuni region. We were in one of the homes that had come under heavy artillery bombardment, where one of the family members told us that he has lost his daughter-in-law, his daughter is hospitalized and granddaughter is also wounded. Then we decided to go outside and enter another home when our cameraman shouted that a loitering munition is hovering above. One of the persons accompanying us said it is a UAV and told us to immediately seek cover. We ran away and took shelter in a home,” Gevorgyan said.

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In the early morning of September 27, the Azerbaijani military launched a massive attack on Artsakh using air force, missiles and tanks. The Azerbaijani artillery strikes targeted civilian settlements, including Stepanakert city, which resulted in several civilians being killed. Schools were also bombed. A mother and her child were killed in Martuni, Artsakh. Many other civilians were wounded. The battles continue.

The Artsakh military said 58 of its soldiers have been killed in the attacks.

According to the military, Azerbaijan has lost more than 200 servicemen, 27 UAVs, 4 gunships, 46 tanks and armored personnel carriers and other armored equipment.

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Armenia has the definite and unconditional support of international community – MFA

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17:32, 28 September, 2020

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 28, ARMENPRESS. Armenia has the definite and unconditional support of the international community over the matter that it is necessary to immediately stop the military aggression in the Artsakh line of contact and condemn any demonstration of use of force, Armenian foreign ministry spokeswoman Anna Naghdalyan said at a press conference today.

“We have the definite, unconditional support of the international community which is condemning the use of force and the efforts aimed at distorting peace, stability and security in the region. Facing this position of the international community Baku started applying its traditional tools, by spreading fake news according to which the Armenian side was first to start the clash”, Anna Naghdalyan said.

She added that it’s not the first time Baku is taking such action, but Armenia has factual data which proves that Azerbaijan has started the military operations.

“We have factual, undeniable data on which side has started the military operations. By violating the trilateral termless agreements for years, which established the ceasefire, and refusing to install ceasefire violation investigation mechanisms, Azerbaijan has shown that it has always had plans to start a war”, she said.

The MFA spokesperson said the aggression unleashed by Azerbaijan has two peculiarities: “The first peculiarity is that Azerbaijan has refused from the peace process at the presidential level and set a task to solve the conflict through military means. The second one is that this time we are dealing with Turkey’s direct political and military support to Azerbaijan. It is demonstrated at the scene with the Turkish military presence. This time the people of Artsakh are fighting against the Turkish-Azerbaijani alliance”, she said, adding that Armenia and Artsakh have enough capacities and determination to oppose this alliance.

She informed that Armenia’s diplomatic service is working on a heightened emergency mode, and Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan is in constant touch with his different foreign counterparts.

On September 27 early morning the Azerbaijani military has launched a massive cross-border artillery attack on Artsakh, including on civilian settlements. Peaceful settlements are also under bombardment, including the capital city of Stepanakert.

59 people were killed and more than 200 were wounded in Artsakh from the Azerbaijani attack.

Armenia and Artsakh declared a martial law and mobilization.

According to the latest data, the Azerbaijani side has suffered nearly 200 human losses as a result of its aggression. The Artsakh side has destroyed a total of 4 Azerbaijani attacking helicopters, 27 UAVs, 36 tanks, armored vehicle, as well as 2 engineering armored vehicles and 11 armored equipment.

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Azerbaijani offensive repelled in south, civilian settlements in Artsakh’s north under bombardment

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17:25, 28 September, 2020

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 28, ARMENPRESS. Combat operations of various intensity are ongoing at the entire perimeter of the Artsakh-Azerbaijan line of contact, Armenian military representative Artsrun Hovhannisyan said at a news conference.

He said the most active operations are taking place at the northern and southern directions.

“The Azerbaijani armed forces’ rather massive attacking operations in the southern direction of Artsakh have been repelled. During the countermeasures Azerbaijan lost 10 or 11 armored equipment, mostly tanks. The adversary was repelled to its starting position and right now there is relative calm and light battles are underway. Azerbaijan used heavy artillery strikes, they bombarded civilian settlements in the north, namely Martakert and adjacent settlements. Reporters working at the scene also came under fire,” Hovhannisyan said.

In the early morning of September 27, the Azerbaijani military launched a massive attack on Artsakh using air force, missiles and tanks. The Azerbaijani artillery strikes targeted civilian settlements, including Stepanakert city, which resulted in several civilians being killed. Schools were also bombed. A mother and her child were killed in Martuni, Artsakh. Many other civilians were wounded. The battles continue.

The Artsakh military said 58 of its soldiers have been killed in the attacks.

According to the military, Azerbaijan has lost more than 200 servicemen, 27 UAVs, 4 gunships, 46 tanks and armored personnel carriers and other armored equipment.

Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan

 

 

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Erdoğan’s announcement only adds fuel to fire – Member of Russian State Duma

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18:34, 28 September, 2020

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 28, ARMENMPRESS. Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Elena Panina says that the announcement made by Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan over the military operations along the contact line of Artsakh-Nagorno Karabakh only adds fuel to the already hot flame, ARMENPRESS reports Panina said in an interview with Ria Novosti.

‘’Erdoğan is trying to preserve his image of a ‘’strongman’’, but he has to understand that the new war between Armenia and Azerbaijan is not in the interests of any side, including Turkey’s. Isn’t the refugee flow to Turkey from Syria not enough for Erdoğan?’’, she said, adding that in many cases Turkey is responsible for the flow of refugees.

According to Panina, similar announcements pose great danger. She noted that instead of trying to stop the bloodshed, such announcements only add fuel to the fire.

Earlier Turkish president Erdoğan’s had announced that it’s time to put an end to Nagorno Karabakh issue in favor of Azerbaijan, urging the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chair countries not to give him any advice.

In the early morning of September 27, the Azerbaijani military launched a massive attack on Artsakh using air force, missiles and tanks. The Azerbaijani artillery strikes targeted civilian settlements, including Stepanakert city, which resulted in several civilians being killed. Schools were also bombed. A mother and her child were killed in Martuni, Artsakh. Many other civilians were wounded. The battles continue.

The Artsakh military said 58 of its soldiers have been killed in the attacks.

According to the military, Azerbaijan has lost more than 200 servicemen, 27 UAVs, 4 helicopters, 46 tanks and armored personnel carriers and other armored equipment. Armenia also has captured 11 armored vehicles with full ammunition from Azerbaijani troops.

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Turkish UAVs in the skies of Nagorno Karabakh – Forbes

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17:34, 28 September, 2020

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 28, ARMENPRESS. Forbes has published an extended article about the Turkish UAVs used by Azerbaijan against Artsakh. ARMENPRESS reports the article starts with the emphasis that Turkey overtly supports Azerbaijan.

It’s mentioned that Armenian military sources have published footages showing the destruction or damaging of the armored vehicles of Azerbaijan, while Azerbaijan mainly publishes footages showing the UAVs targeting Armenian military equipment.

The author writes it’s not something new for Azerbaijan using drones. Azerbaijan earlier purchased a variety of advanced unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) from Israel, and in 2016 was the first to use a kamikaze drone in combat. These drones were again active during Tavush fighting July 2020.

However, the drone strike footage shared by the Azerbaijan Ministry of Defense in September showed something different—an interface which appears identical to the TB2 Bayraktar UCAV drone employed by Turkey.

It doesn’t take a master of forensics to spot why the video released by Azerbaijan’s MoD looks very much like it’s coming from a TB2, which Turkey actively used in Syria and Libya in 2020.

Editing and translating by Tigran Sirekanyan

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ECHR receives request for interim measures lodged by Armenia against Azerbaijan

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18:25, 28 September, 2020

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 28, ARMENPRESS. The ECHR received a request for interim measure lodged by Armenia against Azerbaijan, in which the Armenian Government requested the Court to indicate to the Azerbaijani Government, under Rule 39 of the Rules of the Court (interim measures), as follows,

‘’to cease the military attacks towards the civilian settlements along the entire line of contact of the armed forces of Armenia and Artsakh,

to stop indiscriminate attacks

to stop targeting the civilian population, civilian objects and settlements’’.

As ARMENPRESS was informed from the official Twitter page of the ECHR, the request is currently being examined.

The European Court of Human Rights may, under Rule 39 of its Rules of Court, indicate interim measures to any State party to the European Convention on Human Rights. Interim measures are urgent measures which, according to the Court’s well-established practice, apply only where there is an imminent risk of irreparable harm. Such measures are decided in connection with proceedings before the Court without prejudging any subsequent decisions on the admissibility or merits of the case in question.

In the early morning of September 27, the Azerbaijani military launched a massive attack on Artsakh using air force, missiles and tanks. The Azerbaijani artillery strikes targeted civilian settlements, including Stepanakert city, which resulted in several civilians being killed. Schools were also bombed. A mother and her child were killed in Martuni, Artsakh. Many other civilians were wounded. The battles continue.

The Artsakh military said 58 of its soldiers have been killed in the attacks.

According to the military, Azerbaijan has lost more than 200 servicemen, 27 UAVs, 4 gunships, 46 tanks and armored personnel carriers and other armored equipment.

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This is a well-planned Azerbaijani attack – analyst's reference on BBC

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19:06, 28 September, 2020

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 28, ARMENPRESS. Expert on the Caucasus, journalist Neil Hauer commented on the situation on Artsakh-Azerbaijan contact line speaking with BBC. He clearly presented to the TV viewers that it’s an Azerbaijani attack without doubt, which was well coordinated and planned. ARMENPRESS reports the reporter noted that this is an extremely hard period.

‘’This seems to be well-coordinated, prepared and planned. It seems to be that this is an Azerbaijani attack without any doubts, which was being intentionally being prepared during the last weeks’’, Hauer said.

He noted that judging from announcements and activities that are taking place, like the mobilization of reserve forces of Armenia, the announcements of the Azerbaijani officials that it’s time to finally ‘’liberate’’ Karabakh, the situation is extremely dangerous.

Hauer also noted that it’s very possible that Turkey has involvement, which overtly supports Azerbaijan. The reporter also reminded about the joint military exercises of Turkey and Azerbaijan, adding that it’s possible that Turkey even sends militants to Azerbaijan.

He also noted that there are more pro-Armenian moods in neighboring Iran.

In the early morning of September 27, the Azerbaijani military launched a massive attack on Artsakh using air force, missiles and tanks. The Azerbaijani artillery strikes targeted civilian settlements, including Stepanakert city, which resulted in several civilians being killed. Schools were also bombed. A mother and her child were killed in Martuni, Artsakh. Many other civilians were wounded. The battles continue.

The Artsakh military said 58 of its soldiers have been killed in the attacks.

According to the military, Azerbaijan has lost more than 200 servicemen, 27 UAVs, 4 helicopters, 46 tanks and armored personnel carriers and other armored equipment. Armenia also has captured 11 armored vehicles with full ammunition from Azerbaijani troops.

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Enemy under our feet everywhere – Artsakh’s President

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19:26, 28 September, 2020

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 28, ARMENPRESS. Thousands of volunteers from Artsakh and Armenia have already joint the Defense Army, ARMENPRESS reports President of Artsakh Arayik Harutyunyan wrote on his Facebook page.

‘’Dear compatriots, thousands of volunteers have already joint the Defense Army. Though I have officially declared mobilization, they often reach the military commissariats before they are asked to come. There are many who arrive from Motherland Armenia, and we have hundreds of requests from the Diaspora. This consolidation and united will that our compatriots demonstrate, make our victorious march insuperable’’, Harutyunytan wrote.

‘’Today we are more powerful than ever, like our mountains, while the enemy is under our feet everywhere’’, the President of Artsakh wrote.

In the early morning of September 27, the Azerbaijani military launched a massive attack on Artsakh using air force, missiles and tanks. The Azerbaijani artillery strikes targeted civilian settlements, including Stepanakert city, which resulted in several civilians being killed. Schools were also bombed. A mother and her child were killed in Martuni, Artsakh. Many other civilians were wounded. The battles continue.

The Artsakh military said 58 of its soldiers have been killed in the attacks.

According to the military, Azerbaijan has lost more than 400 servicemen, 36 UAVs, 4 helicopters, 47 tanks and armored personnel carriers and other armored equipment. Armenia also has captured 11 armored vehicles with full ammunition from Azerbaijani troops.

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Secretary General of the International Organization of La Francophonie expresses support to Armenia

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19:56, 28 September, 2020

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 28, ARMENPRESS. Secretary General of the International Organization of La Francophonie Louise Mushikiwabo has expressed support for Armenia, ARMENPRESS reports Mushikiwabo twitted.

‘’I express full support to Armenia, a member of the Francophonie, and express deep concerns over the resumption of clashes in Karabakh, that claimed lives of numerous civilians and military.

I urge to immediately cease the military operations and restore dialogue for solving the conflict through negotiations’’, Secretary General of the International Organization of La Francophonie wrote.

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