Armenia announced Wednesday that its forces will hold military exercises this month with the United States as tensions rose with longtime ally Russia. Armenia’s Defense Ministry said the exercises that begin Monday are aimed at preparing units for international peacekeeping operations. U.S.
Military forces from Armenia and Azerbaijan clashed Tuesday along their border and at least seven soldiers were killed, according to the countries’ defense ministries. The confrontation follows months of tensions over the blockage of the only road connecting Armenia with Nagorno-Karabakh, an
Russia is warning Armenia that there would be “serious consequences” if the latter were to follow through on plans to become a member state of the International Criminal Court. The state-run RIA news agency cited a source in the Russian Foreign Ministry
Azerbaijan appealed Tuesday to the United Nations’ highest court to urgently order Armenia to stop the laying of land mines and booby traps on Azerbaijani territory and disclose the location of such explosives that already have been placed, in the latest legal
Protests outside a Russian military base in the town of Gyumri have led to scores of arrests amid calls for Armenia to leave the Collective Security Treaty Organization, a Moscow-led defense bloc made of former Soviet states. Authorities reportedly detained dozens of