Armenia

Turkey’s foreign ministry has summoned the U_S_ ambassador in Ankara to protest the U_S_ decision to mark the deportation and killing of Armenians during the Ottoman Empire as “genocide.”

Armenian Americans celebrated the news Saturday that President Joe Biden formally declared as genocide the systematic killing and deportation of hundreds of thousands of their ancestors by Ottoman Empire forces in the early 1900s

President Joe Biden is preparing to formally acknowledge that the systematic killing and deportation of hundreds of thousands of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire in modern-day Turkey more than a century ago was genocide, according to U.S. officials.

Azerbaijan has postponed taking control of a territory ceded by Armenian forces in a cease-fire agreement, but denounced civilians leaving the area for burning houses and committing what it called “ecological terror.”

A resident of an ethnic Armenian village that is to be turned over to Azerbaijan has given his home of 21 years a bitter farewell

Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to halt fighting in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan under an agreement signed with Russia that calls for deployment of nearly 2,000 Russian peacekeepers and territorial concessions.

Armenia and Azerbaijan have announced a new attempt to establish a cease-fire in their conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh starting from midnight

Angie Crouch reports for the NBC4 News on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020.

The 134 Freeway was temporarily shut down Tuesday night, along with several streets and intersections. Hetty Chan reported on NBC4 News on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020.

A group of apparent pro-Armenia protesters, some carrying flags, temporarily halted traffic on the 134 Freeway on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020.

Demonstrators in support of Armenia in its conflict with Azerbaijan and Turkey blocked traffic in various locations in the San Fernando Valley Tuesday, including all lanes of the Ventura (134) Freeway in Burbank and Toluca Lake.

Some Armenian business owners in LA are calling attention to the conflict with Azerbaijan. Gordon Tokumtsu reported on NBC4 News on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020.

A large crowd of thousands people participated in a march Sunday in support of Armenia in its conflict with Azerbaijan and Turkey over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.

Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to a Russia-brokered cease-fire in Nagorno-Karabakh starting Saturday, but immediately accused each other of derailing the deal intended to end the worst outbreak of hostilities in the separatist region in more than a quarter-century

Taking to the streets for another night, Armenian Americans rallied and held a vigil outside a church in Glendale calling for the deadly conflicts between Armenia and Azerbaijan to end. Beverly White reports for the NBC4 News on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020.

Hundreds of protesters gathered in El Segundo Tuesday night to show their support for Armenia in its conflict with Azerbaijan over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. The protest began at 4 p.m. outside the Los Angeles Times office. By 8 p.m., hundreds of protesters were gathered in that area around their parked vehicles on Imperial Highway between Douglas Street and Aviation…

The protesters were gathered in front of the LA Times building and Imperial Highway was shut down due to the protest. As seen on NBC4 News on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020.

Deadly new fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed Caucasus Mountains territory of Nagorno-Karabakh has deep roots and fallout beyond the region

Protesters take to the streets in Glendale as conflict flares between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Toni Guinyard reports for Today in LA on Tuesday Oct. 6, 2020.