Over the years, the webpage designs of the Ministries of Defence of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Nagorno Karabakh have changed over the years. With each change the webpages were made more interactive, with a growing emphasis on photos rather than long texts to portray the message. Nagorno Karabakh Observer’s archive bringsContinue Reading
On Friday, armoured and artillery military units from the Armed Forces of Nagorno Karabakh conducted a series of training exercises in the south of the de facto country. According to the Karabakh military officials at the Ministry of Defence, the event took place with the presence of high-level counterparts fromContinue Reading
Earlier this week, Georgian officials accused Azeri border guards of closing access to the David Gareja monastery complex. The monastery lies on the border between the two countries and has been subject to an almost three-decades-long spat between the two sides to delimite the border. On the previous day, onContinue Reading
In the latest developments, on Wednesday, the Chairman of the Azeri National Assembly (officially known as the Milli Məclis in Azeri), Oktay Asadov, made a rare statement during a parliamentary session. As a response to Faraj Guliyev’s calls for military actions to resolve the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, Oktay Asadov statedContinue Reading
A few days ago, the Azeri artillery units of the Armed Forces conducted a series of live-fire exercises with heavy-calibre artillery and the BM-30 Smerch defence system. It is worth mentioning that the artillery types used here are the largest calibre currently in service in the country, with the M-46Continue Reading
On Tuesday, the 1st Army Corps of the Armenian Armed Forces conducted live-fire exercises at an undisclosed military training ground using BM-21 Grad type multi-launch rocket systems. The event was aimed at dummy targets, which according to the Armenian Defence Ministry, were “targeted by correct calculations” by members of theContinue Reading
With the latest ceasefire violation report cases available from official sources, one can still spot discrepancies in ceasefire violation reporting. According to the Armenian military officials in Nagorno Karabakh, the situation has not changed much from last year, however, Azeri military officials show a 30% decrease in ceasefire violations fromContinue Reading
Today, the Armenian and Azeri foreign ministers, Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and Elmar Mammedyarov respectivally meet their Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Moscow for re-conciliatory talks on the Karabakh conflict. During the talks, besides the three foreign ministers, the OSCE Minsk Group co-Chairs also participated, them being Stephane Visconti (France), Igor PapovContinue Reading
On the evening of 11 April, a military lorry carrying troops to a military base in southern Armenia veered off the road and overturned, 18 servicemen were hospitalised. The incident occurred near the southern city of Meghri, near the Iranian border, with medical teams responding almost immediately. The injured soldiersContinue Reading
On 12 April, news on social media spread about the death of Azeri serviceman Meherrem Mayilzade being killed. Although military authorities in Baku have not yet commented on the incident, it is speculated that Mayilzade died as a result of a mine explosion. According to the Armenian military blog razm.info,Continue Reading
On 11 April, an Azeri artillery garrison live-fire exercises. The main weapon types tested out were the 152mm Giatsint and 122mm D-30 towed artillery guns. The convoy most probably departed from a newly-constructed military base northwest of the city of Yevlakh and headed to an artillery firing ground on theContinue Reading
On 10 April, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) conducted a ceasefire monitoring mission on the line-of-contact between Azerbaijan and Nagorno Karabakh. On the Azeri side of ceasefire monitoring was done by OSCE representatives Ghenadie Petrica (Moldova), Simon Tiller (United Kingdom) as well as Ralf Bosshard(Switzerland). WhileContinue Reading
Footage and satellite imagery from the past several months highlight demolitions of ethnic-Armenian churches, homes, residential buildings and even a village in Nagorno Karabakh. The demolitions were carried out by Azerbaijan’s government, now fully in control of the territory. The entire Armenian population of 120,000 fled to Armenia proper
Mayors of the three major cities of former Nagorno Karabakh, have been arrested by Armenian authorities coinciding with a growing opposition movement with whom they may have been associated with. The mayor of Karabakhi capital Stepanakert, and those of Askeran and Martakert cities have been detained by Armenian authorities. Stepanakert
On 24 May, 2024, Armenia’s Defence Ministry reported that the country’s prime minister nominated five colonels to be promoted to the rank of major general. This is one of the highest numbers of officers promoted to such ranks in one act in recent years. These career advancements possibly indicate loyalty,
Azerbaijan’s defence minister receives large Turkish delegation headed by the country’s deputy defence minister and the heads of numerous Turkish defence firms. The two sides discussed further military coop. including joint weapons production. Interestingly, Turkish general Bahtiyar Ersay appears in a complete Azeri military uniform on Azerbaijan’s side of the
In January 2024, footage emerged of what appear to be Azeri military personnel in the ethnic-Armenian village of Hakaku, Nagorno Karabakh (NK). The village, along with the entire territory of NK were overran by Azerbaijan’s military during it’s offensive in September 2023. One of the first sources of the footage
Since approximately 2020, mystery aircraft have been spotted flying around Azerbaijan’s northwestern Dallar airbase, 30 km from Armenia’s border. They were spotted a month prior to the 2020 Nagorno Karabakh war and had been seen numerous times since. The aircraft had not been able to be explicitly identified through open
