2016 April War

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Araksia Martirosyan. Photo: Anahit Harutyunyan/OC Media.

2016 April War

Voice | ‘Women must put an end to the war’

•5 min read

Araksia Martirosyan, a resident of the Armenian border village of Shurnukh, served in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, fought during the four day clashes in 2016, and returned to the front during the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War. The 54-year-old told OC Media about her experiences and her thoughts on three decades of war. ‘This conflict should have been solved in time. I’m a woman who has seen war. This issue should have been solved in 1995–1996, it’s true we took these lands at the cost of blo

2016 April War

Young men in Nagorno-Karabakh remain defiant in the face of war

by Volodymyr Soboliev

•6 min read

Two years on from the April 2016 war, which caused the deaths of hundreds and a loss of territory, Nagorno-Karabakh’s youth are more determined than ever to stay in their homeland and build a future there. Galvanised by their recent experience of war, young men living close to the frontline talk of what the April events meant for them and how they remain ever vigilant of another outbreak of fighting. If several years ago there still existed the hope that the Armenian and Azerbaijani side

The Nagorno-Karabakh line of contact. Photo: Seymur Kazimov/OC Media.

2016 April War

In pictures: Azerbaijan’s advance into Nagorny Karabakh, two years on

by Seymur Kazimov

•3 min read

On the night of 2 April 2016, tensions on the Nagorny Karabakh line of contact erupted. Following four days of intense fighting, several strategic heights surrounding the Armenian-controlled village of Talish, including multiple Armenian positions, came under Azerbaijan’s control. According to Azerbaijan, the heights were being used to shell the nearby Azerbaijani village of Tap Garagoyunlu, and frequent ceasefire violations posed a threat to the city of Naftalan and several other vil

Inhabitants of Alashan (Armine Avetisyan/OC Media)

2016 April War

A year after the war in Nagorno-Karabakh’s frontline village of Talish

by Armine Avetisyan

•7 min read

On 2 April 2016, the Four-Day War began, and Azerbaijani troops moved into the village of Talish in Nagorno-Karabakh. One year on, only a couple of dozen men remain in Talish — their wives and children waiting to return and rebuild their lives. More than a year after the Four-Day War, the Khalapyans’ home lies empty; the surviving members of the family have left Talish. The Khalapyans’ house lies at the edge of the village, and was the first that Azerbaijani soldiers entered. Pic