Nagorno-Karabakh

After decades of conflict, Armenia-Azerbaijan peace plan gives Caucasus Jews new hope

Jews in both countries could benefit after countries signed documents to end 35-year-long hostilities which have defined relations between the two nations.

Armenian girls study Jewish religious texts under the direction of Rabbi Gershon Meir Burshtein in Yerevan.
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump is joined by Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev (left) and Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan at a trilateral signing event at the White House last Friday.

TRIPP in the Caucasus: Strategic realignment at Iran’s northern frontier - opinion

Israeli President Isaac Herzog (L) and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev (R) meet in Baku, Azerbaijan, May 2023.

Israel can draw lessons from Azerbaijan's diplomatic strategy - opinion

 A checkpoint of Azerbaijani law enforcement officers in Stepanakert city, known as Khankendi by Azerbaijan, following a military operation conducted by Azeri armed forces and a further mass exodus of ethnic Armenians from the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, October 2, 2023

Armenia, Azerbaijan hold substantive talks to end four decades of conflict


Shared vision of alignment: Azerbaijan's strategically important energy deal with Israel - opinion

SOCAR’s expanding footprint in Israel could eventually open new routes and strategies for future export diversification in the region.

Flag of Azerbaijan

Israel’s alliance with Azerbaijan is a Faustian bargain we should reconsider - opinion

Over 120,000 Armenians were forcibly displaced from their ancestral lands in just a matter of days, with reports of civilians being harassed, starved, and intimidated into leaving.

AZERBAIJAN’S PRESIDENT Ilham Aliyev is flanked by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan at the COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, last month. Under Aliyev, Azerbaijan stands as one of the most despotic regimes in the world, the writer argues.

At Shusha, Azerbaijan's president talks embracing religious coexistence

“The most important thing is that multiculturalism is a gift we must embrace – embrace and kiss – and thank God that we received such a gift.”

 Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev

Armenian land mines prevent peace with Azerbaijan - opinion

For the sake of a durable and lasting peace in the South Caucasus, Armenia must hand over the land mine maps so that there will be no more victims.

 A land mine in Afghanistan.

Azerbaijan says Armenia agrees 'historic' return of four villages

Armenia agrees to return four border villages to Azerbaijan, signaling progress in resolving their long-standing conflict.

 Azeri service members guard the area, which came under the control of Azerbaijan's troops following a military conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh against ethnic Armenian forces and a further signing of a ceasefire deal, on the border with Iran in Jabrayil District, December 7, 2020

Armenia's PM says he must return disputed areas to Azerbaijan or face war - report

Azerbaijan has said that the return of its lands is a necessary precondition for a peace deal to end three decades of conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, which Azerbaijan retook in September.

 Protesters gather near the government building, after Azerbaijan launched a military operation in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, in Yerevan, Armenia, September 19, 2023

Two Armenian soldiers killed by Azerbaijani fire in first major incident since talks began

Azerbaijan's border service said in a statement that it staged a "a revenge operation" in retaliation for a "provocation" it said Armenian forces had committed the day before.

 An ethnic Armenian soldier looks through binoculars as he stands at fighting positions near the village of Taghavard in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, January 11, 2021.

Azerbaijan rabbi to Armenian Jews: 'Leave before it's too late'

Earlier this week, the World Jewish Center in Armenia’s capital, Yerevan, was vandalized.

 Refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh region ride in a truck upon their arrival at the border village of Kornidzor, Armenia, September 27, 2023

Armenian synagogue defaced as local anger over Israeli arms sales to Azerbaijan grows

Israeli officials have said that the arms relationship is partly due to Azerbaijan’s geographic proximity to Iran, a country that routinely calls for violence against Israel.

‘DIFFERENT FROM our neighbors’: Armenia today.

Israeli doctors treat hundreds of burn victims in medical relief mission to Armenia

The mission is expected to continue over the coming days with plans in place for the arrival of additional teams from other hospitals next week. 

Israeli medical delegation flew to Nagorno-Karabakh to help victims of an explosion last week at a fuel depot.

Armenians threaten violence against Jews over Azeri relations

The World Jewish Center in Armenia was vandalized. The attackers left a note saying "the Jews are the enemies of the Armenian nation."

The vandalized World Jewish Center in Yerevan, Armenia.