Azerbaijan
The move threatens to reignite a full-blown war between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
It’s no coincidence that flyers calling to “complete the Armenian Genocide” are popping up around Los Angeles as Azerbaijan’s anti-Armenian hostilities get worse.
Azerbaijan is starving and freezing thousands of Armenians through a blockade. And yet, the U.S. seems to care more about non-Russian energy options than human suffering.
The United States has a long history of inaction on genocide, while offering hollow statements like “Never Again.” It is time for that to change.
A Russian-brokered ceasefire hands victory to Azerbaijan and its backers in Turkey, while Putin destabilizes an Armenian leader he never liked.
Under the assault of Azerbaijani artillery, Martin Ghulyan digs graves for Armenian soldiers. Every day, he hopes that his son on the frontlines will not end up in one of them.
Russia has pledged to defend Armenia from attack—but it is strategically sitting out the war over the breakaway republic of Nagorno-Karabakh.