The Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict

This is a conflict that could have global ramifications.  Turkey is siding  with Azerbaijan and making trouble by supplying mercenaries from Syria, the same as it did when stirring up trouble in Libya.   Our last Middle East blog featured Steve R.Pieczenik where he commented on the widely held view that Ataturk was Jewish. The Dönmeh (Turkish: Dönme, Ottoman Turkish: دونمه‎) were a group of Sabbatean crypto-Jews in the Ottoman Empire who converted publicly to Islam, but retained their beliefs in secret. The movement was centered in Thessaloniki.  That probably explains the Turkish genocide against the Armenian Christians. Nearly 1.5 million Armenians died at the hands of the Ottoman Empire in 1915, during World War I.   Below are two rather good videos explaining the situation and some articles.

With the outbreak of the war between Azerbaijan and Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh), Syriana Analysis addresses the main factors of the conflict and presents a historical background that is crucial in understanding the ongoing war.

The Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict is the never-ending forgotten war after the collapse of the Soviet Union. A warlike crisis has broken out over the disputed area of Nagorno-Karabakh. In episode 580 of Cut The Clutter, Shekhar Gupta explains where the South Caucasus crisis stems from and the many factors fueling it.

Why faraway Azerbaijan & Armenia are fighting: Witch’s brew of ethnicity, religion, geography & oil

Notes:

Read the India Today article here: https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/co… ———————————————————————————————

Read James Palmer’s article here: https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/09/28/… ———————————————————————————————

Read the Spectator article here: https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/h… ———————————————————————————————

Correction: At 9:07, 1.5 million Armenians killed, not 1.5 Lakh. Very sorry, I misspoke… ———————————————————————————————

Tweets

Turkey says it’s ready to ‘step in’ to the escalating Armenian/Azerbaijani conflict. https://t.co/9el3B5AAmP

— RnB (@millar00) September 28, 2020

Syrian rebel fighters prepare to deploy to Azerbaijan in sign of Turkey’s ambition https://t.co/uFDOlxgSlm

— Guardian World (@guardianworld) September 28, 2020

The fighting between #Azerbaijan and #Armenia is threatening to draw in #Turkey and #Russia – the main powerbrokers in the Caucasus region – who back opposing sides of the conflict.@DelanoDSouza explains ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/k6J9m05fyK

— FRANCE 24 English (@France24_en) September 29, 2020

The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan has triggered a wave of misinformation and fake news that is being used to stoke anti-Muslim sentiments pic.twitter.com/RraOsH8dNs

— TRT World (@trtworld) September 29, 2020

Link

https://fort-russ.com/2020/09/russia-appears-indecisive-as-turkey-exposed-as-backing-azerbaijan-war-in-karabakh/