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In this photo provided by the Azerbaijan's Presidential Press Office on Thursday, July 10, 2025, 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. (Azerbaijani Presidential Press Office via AP) ** FILE **

Armenians and Azerbaijanis greet U.S.-brokered peace deal with hope but also caution

By Lilit Mkhitaryan - Associated Press

Armenian lawmakers attend the session of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia in Yerevan, Armenia, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. The Armenian parliament on Tuesday voted to join the International Criminal Court, which earlier this year indicted Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes connected to the deportation of children from Ukraine. (Hayk Baghdasaryan/PHOTOLURE via AP)

Armenian president approves parliament’s decision to join the International Criminal Court

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Armenian lawmakers attend the session of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia in Yerevan, Armenia, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. The Armenian parliament on Tuesday voted to join the International Criminal Court, which earlier this year indicted Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes connected to the deportation of children from Ukraine. (Hayk Baghdasaryan/PHOTOLURE via AP)

Armenia’s Parliament votes to join the International Criminal Court, straining ties with ally Russia

By Avet Demourian - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan shake hands during their meeting in the resort city of Sochi, Russia, on Friday, June 9, 2023. Armenia finds itself facing multiple challenges after Azerbaijan reclaimed control of the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh in a blitz offensive and relations with old ally Russia have frayed. (Ramil Sitdikov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Armenia grapples with multiple challenges after the fall of Nagorno-Karabakh

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FILE - 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 Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan has announced an “anti-terrorist operation” targeting Armenian military positions. A statement from the Azerbaijan defense ministry said the operation began hours after four soldiers and two civilians died in landmine explosions in the Nagorno-Karabakh region. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File)

Fighting flares again in a breakaway region in the Caucasus Mountains

By Avet Demourian - Associated Press

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan speaks during a news conference in Yerevan, Armenia, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. Armenia's prime minister says his country has refused to host military drills planned by a Russia-dominated security pact. Pashinyan's announcement on Tuesday reflected Armenia's growing tensions with Moscow. (Tigran Mehrabyan, PAN Photo via AP)

Armenia cancels military drills, widening rift with Moscow

By Avet Demourian - Associated Press

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan delivers his speech at the National Assembly of Armenia in Yerevan, Armenia, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. Armenia's prime minister says that 49 soldiers have been killed in nighttime attacks by Azerbaijan. (Tigran Mehrabyan/PAN Photo via AP)

Armenia says 49 soldiers killed in attacks by Azerbaijan

By Ayet Demourian - Associated Press

A person holds up an Iranian passport as people, most of them residents of Iran stand in line for a vaccine at a mobile vaccination station in the center of Yerevan , Armenia, Friday, July 9, 2021. Armenia’s offer of free coronavirus vaccines to any foreign visitor has drawn many people from neighboring Iran and other countries to the ex-Soviet Caucasus nation. The Iranians initially visited the Armenian border city of Meghri to get the shots, but the Armenian authorities have decided earlier this week that all foreign nationals should get the shots in the Armenian capital, Yerevan. (Lusi Sargsyan/PHOTOLURE via AP)

Desperate for vaccines amid surge, Iranians flock to Armenia

By Avet Demourian and Nvard Hovhannisyan - Associated Press

Thousands march in Armenia, demand prime minister step down

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Earthquake shakes Armenia’s capital

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People argue with police during a protest against an agreement to halt fighting over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, in Freedom Square in Yerevan, Armenia, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. Thousands of people flooded the streets of Yerevan once again on Wednesday, protesting an agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan to halt the fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh, which calls for deployment of nearly 2,000 Russian peacekeepers and territorial concessions. Protesters clashed with police, and scores have been detained. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Thousands call for Armenia PM to resign over truce agreement

By AVET DEMOURIAN - Associated Press

strategic allies: Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian (right) has agreed to let Russian President Vladimir Putin deploy a slew of military vehicles to a base just outside the Armenian capital of Yerevan. (Associated Press)

Armenia pulled into Russia-Turkey clash in Syria

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he speaks during a plenary session of an economic forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, June 19, 2015. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Russia fosters Armenian dependency with $200M weapons loan

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service) ** FILE **

L. TODD WOOD: Russia worried about color revolution in Yerevan, Armenia

By L. Todd Wood

From left, Armenian Apostolic Church leader, Catholicos Garegin II, Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic and Russian President Vladimir Putin attend a ceremony at the Tsitsernakaberd Genocide memorial complex in Yerevan, Armenia, Friday, April 24, 2015. (Alexei Nikolsky/RIA Novosti, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Armenia marks centennial of killing of 1.5 million

By Avet Demourian - Associated Press