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US President Donald Trump, center, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, right, and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, at a trilateral signing ceremony in White House, August 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP/Mark Schiefelbein)
August 22, 2025, 4:28 pm
After decades of conflict, Armenia-Azerbaijan peace plan gives Caucasus Jews new hope
Jewish communities in the two former Soviet countries have had no communication, while Armenian ties to Israel have been strained over arms sales to its foe. All that may change
By Larry Luxner
US President Donald Trump, center, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, right, and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, at a trilateral signing ceremony in White House, August 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP/Mark Schiefelbein)
August 9, 2025, 10:33 pm
Iran threatens planned Trump corridor envisaged by Azerbaijan-Armenia peace deal
Tehran’s senior adviser signals intent to block US-backed TRIPP route as adversaries move closer to finalizing agreement reshaping regional trade
By Parisa Hafezi and Andrew Osborn
US President Donald Trump (C), Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev (L) and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan shake hands after signing an agreement in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 8, 2025 (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
August 9, 2025, 3:41 am
Azerbaijan and Armenia sign peace agreement at White House
US-brokered deal seeks to boost bilateral economic ties after decades of conflict
By Michelle L. Price
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, right, and Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan pose for a photo prior to their talks in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, July 10, 2025. (Azerbaijani Presidential Press Office via AP)
August 8, 2025, 2:56 am
Trump to host Armenia, Azerbaijan for historic ‘Peace Signing’ Friday
Deal could bring an end to decades-long conflict and set stage for reopening of key transportation corridors across South Caucasus that have been shut since early 1990s
By Michelle L. Price
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (right) walks with his Azerbaijani counterpart, Minister of Defense Col. Gen. Zakir Hasanov in Baku, Azerbaijan, July 13, 2023. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)
October 5, 2023, 9:41 am
Israeli weapons quietly helped Azerbaijan retake Nagorno-Karabakh — sources, data
Flight tracker info shows many visits to Ovda airport in southern Israel by Azerbaijani planes before offensive, amid strategic partnership against Iran; region’s Armenians dismayed
By Isabel Debre
Armenian refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh are seen in the center of the town of Goris on September 30, 2023 before being evacuated in various Armenian cities. (Diego Herrera Carcedo/AFP)
October 2, 2023, 11:01 pm
Israel among Armenia’s geopolitical concerns after Nagorno-Karabakh collapse
The fall of the breakaway statelet could shift the balance of power in the region
By Joris FIORITI
Armenian refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh are seen in the center of the town of Goris on September 30, 2023 before being evacuated in various Armenian cities. (Diego Herrera Carcedo/AFP)
October 1, 2023, 1:34 am
90% of ethnic Armenians flee Karabakh enclave overrun by Azerbaijan army
100,417 people have entered Armenia since September 24, according to local authorities; 120,000 Armenians lived in enclave before Azerbaijani offensive last week
By Thibault MARCHAND
A truck with refugees on board rides on the road between Kornidzor and Goris on September 28, 2023. (Alain Jocard / AFP)
September 28, 2023, 10:47 am
Breakaway republic of Karabakh says it will cease to ‘exist’
Announcement comes after military defeat by Azerbaijan and departure of over half of the population
By AFP
Screen capture from video shows smoke rising after a fuel depot explosion near Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh, September 25, 2023. (Twitter via AP)
September 26, 2023, 11:09 am
At least 20 dead, 200 injured in Nagorno-Karabakh fuel depot explosion
Local official say victims were lining up for fuel to join thousands of others fleeing to Armenia following Azerbaijani military rout of Armenian forces in separatist region
By Agencies
In this photo taken from video released by the Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan on September 20, 2023, smoke rises over an area which Azerbaijan says hosts Armenian forces' positions in the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. (Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan via AP)
September 20, 2023, 4:34 pm
Azerbaijan halts operation in breakaway region as Armenian separatists vow to disarm
Ceasefire announced day after Azeri forces launch offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh; director of Israel’s Defense Ministry, a major arms supplier to Baku, visited just before fighting
By AFP and ToI Staff
Israeli Ambassador to Azerbaijan George Deek speaks to Azeri media in a residential neighborhood of the city of Ganja after it was hit by Armenian missiles, October 2020. (Courtesy of Israeli Embassy in Baku)
January 13, 2023, 9:45 am
For Israel’s ambassador to Azerbaijan, Iranian death threats are all in a day’s work
When he began in 2019, George Deek was the first Christian Arab to represent the Jewish state. Now his host country will be the first Shi’ite state to open an embassy in Israel
By Robert Sarner
Rabbi Gershon Burshteyn, spiritual leader of the Mordechay Navi Jewish Religious Center of Armenia, seen outside the center he leads. (Larry Luxner)
October 23, 2022, 2:27 am
Armenia has had few Jews and a poor relationship with Israel. That could be changing
Most of the Jewish community fled in the early 20th century, and Israeli-Azerbaijani relations have been a damper, but ancient ties and renewed diplomacy sow hope for the future
By Larry Luxner
Illustrative: Then-defense minister Benny Gantz, on a state visit to Azerbaijan, October 3, 2022. (Nicole Laskavi/MOD)
October 3, 2022, 8:21 pm
In Azerbaijan, Gantz discusses defense ties with president and other top officials
Defense chief touts ‘strategic relations’ between Jerusalem and Baku, as he wraps up trip, which comes 2 weeks after skirmish between Azerbaijan and Armenia over disputed territory
By Ash Obel
In this image taken from a YouTube footage released by Armenian Defense Ministry, Azerbaijanian servicemen cross the Armenian-Azerbaijani border and approaching the Armenian positions, September 13, 2022. (Armenian Defense Ministry via AP)
September 14, 2022, 9:23 am
Death toll reaches 99 in fresh Armenia-Azerbaijan flareup
Armenia loses 49 soldiers, Azerbaijan 50, in renewed conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh; UN, Russia urge calm
By AVET DEMOURIAN and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
Illustrative: In this image made from a video released by Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry on Oct. 9, 2020, Azerbaijan's solders walk in formation on a road during a military conflict in the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh. (Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry via AP)
September 13, 2022, 1:07 pm
Nearly 50 Armenian troops killed in fierce fighting with Azerbaijan
Moscow-brokered ceasefire ends worst flare-up since 2020 war, with Yerevan and Baku trading blame for escalation; US urges peaceful solution to conflict
By Mariam HARUTYUNYAN and Emil GULIYEV
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