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#First Nagorno-Karabakh War

Azerbaijan offers amnesty to Nagorno-Karabakh soldiers, except for crimes during first war

Hikmat Hajiyev said the amnesty would not include those who committed crimes during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.

Azerbaijan offers amnesty to Nagorno-Karabakh soldiers, except for crimes during first war

Hikmat Hajiyev said the amnesty would not include those who committed crimes during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.

Azerbaijan arrests Nagorno-Karabakh resident for ‘war crimes’

A 68-year-old man was arrested at the Lachin checkpoint while trying to enter Armenia for heart surgery. 

Azerbaijan arrests Nagorno-Karabakh resident for ‘war crimes’

A 68-year-old man was arrested at the Lachin checkpoint while trying to enter Armenia for heart surgery. 

First Azerbaijani IDPs return after 29 years in exile

Forty-one families from the village of Aghali have become the first Azerbaijanis displaced during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War to return to their hometowns.

First Azerbaijani IDPs return after 29 years in exile

Forty-one families from the village of Aghali have become the first Azerbaijanis displaced during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War to return to their hometowns.

Stepanakert’s memory hotel

The women living at the Ed-Em hotel carry with them the trauma of 30 years of conflict, but also the spark of hope for a better future.

Stepanakert’s memory hotel

By Ani Avetisyan

The women living at the Ed-Em hotel carry with them the trauma of 30 years of conflict, but also the spark of hope for a better future.

Pashinyan: ‘By handing over territories I might have saved thousands of lives’

‘I should be blamed not for handing over the lands, but for not doing it’, the Armenian Prime Minister told parliament.

Pashinyan: ‘By handing over territories I might have saved thousands of lives’

‘I should be blamed not for handing over the lands, but for not doing it’, the Armenian Prime Minister told parliament.

First Azerbaijani IDPs to return to Zangilan ‘in spring’

President Aliyev said that people would return to the newly reconstructed village of Aghali, in the Zangilan District, in the spring and the summer.

First Azerbaijani IDPs to return to Zangilan ‘in spring’

President Aliyev said that people would return to the newly reconstructed village of Aghali, in the Zangilan District, in the spring and the summer.

Azerbaijan’s children of war: Part II

Leyla and Imdad were forced to flee their homes as children during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, this is the story of what happened after.

Azerbaijan’s children of war: Part II

By Hamida Giyasbayli

Leyla and Imdad were forced to flee their homes as children during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, this is the story of what happened after.

A personal history of trauma: thirty years of depression

One woman grapples with the emotional scars war leaves on its victims, and what it means to finally return home.

A personal history of trauma: thirty years of depression

By Larissa Sotieva

One woman grapples with the emotional scars war leaves on its victims, and what it means to finally return home.

Voice | ‘Women must put an end to the war’

Araksia Martirosyan, participated in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, fought during the four day clashes in 2016, and returned to the front in 2020.

Voice | ‘Women must put an end to the war’

Araksia Martirosyan, participated in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, fought during the four day clashes in 2016, and returned to the front in 2020.

A personal history of trauma: The soldier with no photographs

One veteran laments how selfies, social media, and propaganda have twisted the horror of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War.

A personal history of trauma: The soldier with no photographs

By Larissa Sotieva

One veteran laments how selfies, social media, and propaganda have twisted the horror of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War.