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Open-source military analysis providing raw info, make your own judgements, retweet/follow ≠endorsement #Karabakh #Artsakh #Armenia #Azerbaijan #Nagornokarabakh
Joined April 2016
UPDATE - #Turkey assigns new head of military contingent in #Azerbaijan, Lt Gen Soner Orucoglu. His previous deployments were:. 🔸Defence attaché in Baku (2023-2025).🔸Commander of the 17th Commando Brigade (Erzurum?).🔸Commander of the 5th Armoured Brigade (Gaziantep)
MAJOR - #Turkey's embedded military adviser to #Azerbaijan's Defence Ministry, Bahtiyar Ersay (below left), resigns from position in Baku, reassigned as the commander of Turkey's 1st Army Corps. Ersay was tasked with leading the Turkish military contingent, the Azerbaijan Task.
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Recent footage of Swiss traveller Sandro Schmid driving right up to a military position in #Armenia, surprising soldiers manning the outpost.
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Reports of more wildfires raging in #NagornoKarabakh's Martuni, Maruni and Fizuli areas, weeks after a series wildfires ravaged the territory.
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MAJOR - #Turkey's embedded military adviser to #Azerbaijan's Defence Ministry, Bahtiyar Ersay (below left), resigns from position in Baku, reassigned as the commander of Turkey's 1st Army Corps. Ersay was tasked with leading the Turkish military contingent, the Azerbaijan Task.
Cumhurbaşkanımız Sayın Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’ın imzasıyla Resmi Gazete’de yayımlanan Yüksek Askerî Şûra (YAŞ) kararlarına göre 1. Ordu Komutanlığı’na atanan Org. Bahtiyar Ersay göreve başlaması nedeniyle Valimiz Davut Gül’ü ziyaret etti. @gul_davut. 📍İstanbul Valiliği
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Interesting take from Jeffrey Sachs on the 99-year lease of a corridor through #Armenia's south for #Azerbaijan: .
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Joint US-#Armenia military drills conclude, among the participants, ethnic Armenian servicemen serving in the US military.
🇦🇲🇺🇸On Aug 20,the closing ceremony of 🇦🇲-🇺🇸 joint exercise #EaglePartner2025 took place,held in Armenia as part of preparations for intl #peacekeeping missions. Exercise leadership thanked the personnel for their effective coop, successful joint training &exchange of experience.
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Audio has come out of US President Trump mispronouncing #Azerbaijan and confusing #Armenia with Albania when talking about having resolved the "30-35-year" conflict, suggests he personally doesn't know the depth of the ethnic tensions between Armenians and Azeris (Caucasian Turks
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#Iran's President visits #Armenia, signs memorandum to boost transport corridor infastructure, build a new bridge at the Agarak-Nordooz crossing and iron out logisitical issues amid Yerevan signing an agreement with #Azerbaijan to allow transport corridor across its territory.
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#Russia military targets an #Azerbaijan state oil facility near Odessa, Ukraine, confirmed by Azeri government press. "17 fuel tanks, a pumping station and several other buildings were either destroyed or damaged. ". Although Baku had provided aid to Kiev over the years, it
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BREAKING - #Armenia's current PM Pashinyan officially addresses his country on Facebook, basically acknowledges his role in transferring #NagornoKarabakh to #Azerbaijan for the "sake of peace", states the NK page is now closed, all ethnic Armenians from NK should stay in.
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A new #Israel ambassador takes office in #Azerbaijan, former Charge d'Affaires in Russia.
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OFFICIAL - Some updates from the ongoing US-#Armenia military drills. One of the areas it's taking place at is the Zar military training ground. Last year US military units trained their Armenian counterparts in anti-riot drills at Zar. Source:
U.S. Defense Attaché Colonel Matthew Crowe engaged with Armenian officers and @kansasguard soldiers during medical training at Zar base as part of joint U.S.-Armenia exercise Eagle Partner 25 activities. Upon completion of Eagle Partner 25, U.S. forces and their equipment are
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#Iran President @drpezeshkian's aircraft A320 (reg. EP-IEA) heading to #Armenia as of an hour ago. To meet with Armenian authorities after the latter's signing of a corridor with #Azerbaijan. Tehran and Yerevan to discuss related issues.
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UPDATE - Further confirmation of the WWII memorial in the ethnic Armenian village of Haterk, #NagornoKarabakh demolished after #Azerbaijan's capture of the area in 2023.
New footage emerges of #Azerbaijan settling ethnic Azeris in the former ethnic-Armenian village of Haterk, #NagornoKarabakh. Officially 91 Azeris are being settled. Footage shows around 15 cargo lorries and what appear to be official government vehicles (black SUVs) parked
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#NagornoKarabakh's Ministry of Culture (in exile) reports that as of 15 July 2025, at least 25 monuments and statues of different individuals have been demolished in capital Stepanakert by #Azerbaijan forces after the full capture of the city, including:. 🔸Hovhannes Tumanyan
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#Iran President Pezeshkian to pay an official visit to #Armenia between 18 and 21 August. *At the same time as joint US-Armenia military drills in the country.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian will pay an official visit to Armenia from August 18 to 21, local media reported, as confirmed by Armenia’s Ministry of Economy on Tuesday.
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OFFICIAL - US Ambassador to #Armenia present for the start off ceremony of joint US-Armenia military drills.
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Interesting development coinciding with an overall crackdown on opposition in #Armenia and the initiation of a peace agreement with ##Azerbaijan.
@ChrisMMark Yes, analysis of recent X posts and reports (e.g., DFRLab, CivilNet) shows a trend of suspected Azerbaijani-linked accounts posing as Armenians to discredit Nikol Pashinyan critics by labeling them Dashnak, ANCA-affiliated, pro-Russian, or Glendale-based. This sows division;.
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#Azerbaijan military showing off troops at a military base built in the newly-acquired Lachin area, bordering #Armenia. Present were members of Azeri state media to cover the event. Source:
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Two KC-135s (reg. 58-0059 and 63-8875) from the US military landing in #Armenia on 10 August at around 15:00 hours local time bringing military hardware/troops for the joint Eagle Partner 2025 exercises. Same type and number of aircraft seen during last year's exercises. 👇
Two KC-135s (reg. 62-3547 and 58-0059) land at Yerevan's Zvartnots airport delivering troops from the Kansas National Guard and equipment, each an approximate capacity for 80 troops or 37,000 kg of cargo.
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