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The Eagle In South Caucasus: Armenia Tests Alternative Geopolitical Waters – Analysis

On September 11, US and Armenian troops kicked off the “Eagle Partner” joint military exercise at the Zar and Armavir training sites near Yerevan. The exercise is set to run for ten days and is relatively low-key, involving only 175 Armenian troops and eighty-five US soldiers—that is about the size …

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Nagorno-Karabakh Receives First Aid In Months, But Route To Armenia Remains Closed

A Russian Red Cross truck carrying humanitarian aid entered Nagorno-Karabakh from the Azerbaijani city of Aghdam on September 12. It was the first delivery of supplies to the territory in nearly three months, since Azerbaijan shut down all traffic on the Lachin corridor, the only road connecting the Armenian-populated region …

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DOZENS OF MIGRANTS STAGE HUNGER STRIKE AT POLAND’S ‘GUANTANAMO’

Many of the almost 100 migrants held in the detention centre at Przemysl, in southeast Poland, have gone on hunger strike, demanding an end to what they see as arbitrary detention, BIRN can confirm. A hunger strike by migrants held in the Przemysl detention centre, which began on September 5 …

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