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Articles by Raffi Elliott

Notes from the Pink City

The hard pill to swallow and the outlook you need to have right now

November 12, 2020 Raffi Elliott 73

Last night, I had more than eight hours of sleep for the first time in 45 days. For 45 days, I went to the front, then behind the front, then the home front. I held […]

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Armenians defending Shushi, neutralizing Azeri assaults

November 6, 2020 Raffi Elliott 5

YEREVAN—Armenian forces in Artsakh repelled several attempted Azerbaijani armored incursions on Thursday evening and Friday, the Armenian Ministry of Defense reports. A video released on Twitter by the Armenian MoD purportedly shows a column of […]

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Armenia Fighting Azerbaijan at Gates of Shushi

November 5, 2020 Raffi Elliott 12

YEREVAN—Armenia’s army is bracing for a possible attack on Shushi as Azeri forces continue desperate attempts to reach the city before winter. According to the Armenian Ministry of Defense, various formations of Azeri infantry have […]

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Armenian Forces Down More Drones, Aliyev Claims False Victory

November 4, 2020 Raffi Elliott 3

STEPANAKERT—Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has declared victory in the second Karabakh War according to the Turkish state-owned news platform TRT World. “We have destroyed the myth of invincibility of the Armenian Army,” the President was […]

Notes from the Pink City

Diaspora Armenians train to protect Artsakh

October 28, 2020 Raffi Elliott 14

I met Vik in an old, abandoned courtyard in a suburb of Yerevan which had been retrofitted as a military training center. When the war started on September 27, he left his successful vinyl business […]

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Artsakh Defense Minister injured as Armenian forces repel Azeri attacks

October 27, 2020 Raffi Elliott 1

YEREVAN—Artsakh Minister of Defense (MoD) Lieutenant General Jalal Harutyunyan is said to be injured after fighting in a trench near Martakert on Tuesday. Artsakh President Arayik Harutyunyan announced that his wounds were not life threatening […]

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Azerbaijan breaches newly US-negotiated ceasefire within minutes

October 26, 2020 Raffi Elliott 4

YEREVAN—A last-minute humanitarian ceasefire negotiated by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo between Armenia and Azerbaijan collapsed after 45 minutes of going into effect at 8:00 AM GMT+4. The ceasefire, which changes little from the […]

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“No diplomatic solution” for Artsakh, says PM Nikol Pashinyan

October 21, 2020 Raffi Elliott 1

YEREVAN—“The Karabakh issue, at least at this stage, has no diplomatic solution,” announced Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in a Facebook Live address to the nation. The statement comes after last minute talks between Russian Foreign […]

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Armenia Downs More Turkish, Israeli Drones, as Azeri Forces Retreat from Arax River Region

October 20, 2020 Raffi Elliott 9

YEREVAN—Armenian Ministry of Defense spokeswoman Shushan Stepanyan announced on Tuesday morning that Armenian forces had expelled Azeri units from the Khudaferin Reservoir, an artificial lake capped by a dam across the Arax River between the […]

Notes from the Pink City

Dealing with Diaspora FOMO in Wartime

October 20, 2020 Raffi Elliott 10

Twenty-four days since the attempted Azerbaijani invasion of Artsakh was launched, Artsakh remains defiant. Despite a collective $15 billion in military spending over a decade, the aid of high-tech Israeli Kamikaze drones, Turkish unmanned combat […]

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