Azerbaijan Opens Fire on Syunik Village

The day before, the Armenian Ministry of Defense reported on the shelling by the Azerbaijani Armed Forces of a residential building in the village of Khnatsakh in the country's Syunik region. Alexey Skopin, Professor of the Department of Regional Studies at the Moscow Humanitarian University, said on RUSARMINFO that provocations on the border are usually preparations for a more serious movement. As part of the “A Day with Nver Mnatsakanyan” prog…

Azerbaijan Opens Fire on Syunik Village

Azerbaijani forces opened fire from their positions on the Khnkatsakh village in Armenia’s Syunik Province early Monday morning, the defense ministry confirmed in a statement. A residence was damaged after Azerbaijani forces shot at the village at around 12:50 a.m. local time on Monday. For the past week, Azerbaijan’s defense ministry has accused Armenia of a massive build up of forces along the border. Yerevan has denied those accusations. Arme…

Despite Azerbaijan’s peaceful approach, Armenia is escalating tensions in the region. Most recently, Armenian soldiers opened fire on Azerbaijani positions and conducted a reconnaissance flight with a UAV. The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense announced that Armenia was spreading false information to cover up the provocations.

Azerbaijani Forces Open Fire on Armenian Village in Syunik, Target & Damage Home in Cross-Border Attack—No Casualties

On March 31, Azerbaijani armed forces opened fire on the Armenian village of Khnatsakh in the Syunik Province, damaging a residential home, Armenia’s Defense Ministry reported. No injuries were recorded.  Photographs released by the ministry show bullet holes puncturing the window and walls of the house. The Armenian Defense Ministry denied accusations from Azerbaijan, which claimed that Armenian forces had fired on Azerbaijani positions between…

Armenia and Azerbaijan mutually accuse each other of attacking border areas. According to Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry, Armenian units opened fire on Azerbaijani positions on the eastern and southeastern border at the weekend with small arms, before Armenians accused the Azeris of spreading wartime disinformation and hitting a residential building in Syunik. The two post-Soviet, South Caucasus countries have fought a series of wars since the la…