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Two men in suits shake hands at a formal event with a backdrop displaying various national flags.

Ripple effects of Iran war felt in the Caucasus

DW

From DW’s Inside Europe program, Dorian Jones reports on the new signs of cooperation in the Caucasus region and plans to reopen key trade routes.

Armenians who fled Nagorno-Karabakh still yearn for home

Conflict & Justice

How the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is still shaping the fraught relationship between Armenia and Azerbaijan

Conflict & Justice

The rise of an Armenian church opposition leader

Global Politics

Armenia-Azerbaijan engage in peace talks amid mass protests in Yerevan 

Conflict & Justice
In this Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020, file photo, an ethnic Armenian soldier stands guard next to Nagorno-Karabakh's flag atop of the hill near Charektar in the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh, at a new border with Kalbajar district turned over to Azerb

Tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan lead to humanitarian crisis

Conflict & Justice

Armenians living in Nagorno-Karabakh are seeing shortages in basic necessities and are calling on the US and EU to step in.

Armenian skyline with buildings and mountains

More Armenians in California are moving back to their parents’ native land

Culture

California is home to the largest Armenian diaspora. Since the end of the recent conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, there’s been a reverse migration of children of Armenian migrants in the US back to Armenia. They’re starting businesses, getting jobs and moving back with their families to set up homes.

Azerbaijani troops attend the parade in Baku, Azerbaijan, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020.

Azerbaijan establishes checkpoint at Lachin Corridor, spiking tensions in Nagorno-Karabakh

Conflict & Justice

More than 100,000 Armenians still live in Nagorno-Karabakh, and they depend on the Lachin Corridor as the only road that connects to the rest of Armenia.

A Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 drone is seen during a rehearsal of a military parade dedicated to Independence Day in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Aug. 20, 2021. 

This Turkish-made drone continues to cause tension in Armenia

Conflict

The Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 drone has become an important part of modern warfare used in conflicts around the globe from Ukraine to Ethiopia. But many Armenians believe the drone is responsible for war crimes.

Protestors clash with riot police during a demonstration against the reinforced measures of the Belgium government to counter the latest spike of the coronavirus in Brussels, Belgium

Europe sees widespread protests against COVID-19 restrictions

Top of The World

Protests against COVID-19 restrictions, some of them turning violent, rocked Europe over the weekend. Also, Sudan’s top military commander reinstates Abdulla Hamdok, but as interim prime minister, until new elections are held. And, two of 17 missionaries kidnapped in October have been released in Haiti.