Georgia is calling home 1,000 of its 2,000 troops in Iraq for a general mobilization to fight Russian-backed separatists in South Ossetia. Georgia’s national security chief Kakha Lomaia said Tbilisi ordered the withdrawal to “defend ourselves from Russian aggression.” (AGI,… Read moreGeorgia calls home troops from Iraq to fight in South Ossetia
Georgia declared a cease-fire following an outburst of heavy fighting with separatist forces in the breakaway region of South Ossetia Aug. 7. Georgia is blaming Russia for the escalation of violence. Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said in televised remarks: “The… Read moreGeorgia battles separatists in South Ossetia
A series of explosions in three towns in the Georgian separatist region of Abkhazia—Gagra, Sukhumi, and Gali—and a skirmish between Georgian and separatist forces in the Georgian-controlled Upper Kodori Gorge topped the agenda as Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili met with… Read moreGeorgian provocation behind Abkhazia terror?
From Human Rights Watch, June 25: Russia: Stop ‘Dirty War’ Tactics in Ingushetia Killings, Torture, Disappearances in Chechnya-Style Counterinsurgency Moscow – The Chechnya armed conflict has spread human rights abuses and instability across the North Caucasus, and particularly in Ingushetia,… Read moreRussia wages “dirty war” in Ingushetia
Thousands marched in Yerevan April 24, the 93rd anniversary of the start of the mass killing campaign of at least 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire. More than 10,000, mostly youths and students, carried torches and candles, demanding Turkey… Read moreArmenian genocide commemoration highlights struggle for Caucasus
Officials in Georgia are seeking to use the alleged downing of a Georgian reconnaissance drone by a Russian warplane to build international support for reducing the Kremlin’s “peacekeeping” role in the separatist enclaves of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Georgia’s Foreign… Read moreAbkhazia: new Cold War frontline?
Eight people are reported killed in overnight clashes between police and opposition protesters in the Armenian capital, Yerevan, March 2. The protesters, who have rallied in the capital for 12 days, accuse the government of rigging last month’s presidential election…. Read moreEight dead in Armenia political violence
In contrast to their Cold War counterparts of yesterdecade, who openly embraced any dictator who was “our son of a bitch,” today’s neocons often seem to really believe their own rhetoric about how their global project is expanding democracy. This… Read moreGeorgia: Rose Revolution meets the new boss
A glimmer of hope that the ADL capitulated, but what a profound disgrace that they had to. And note that they are still taking a reactionary position on the Congressional resolution recognizing the Armenian genocide. Does Elie Wiesel, whose name they invoke… Read moreADL caves on Armenian genocide —but still opposes Congressional resolution
First-time author Margaret Ajemian Ahnert’s May 1 appearance at a Barnes & Noble store on New York’s Upper East Side to promote her new memoir on survivng the Armenian genocide, The Knock at the Door, was disrupted by hecklers who… Read moreNYC: Barnes & Noble imbroglio over Armenian genocide
A Russian Mi-8 transport helicopter has been shot down by Chechen fighters during an army operation near the town of Shatoi, southern Chechnya. Its four crew members and 13 passengers are all suspected killed. Violence is said to have erupted… Read moreChechens down Russian helicopter
April 24 marks the 92nd anniversary of the start of the Armenian genocide, and Armenians worldwide commemorated the “First Genocide of the 20th Century” with solemn religious and civil ceremonies. However, little more than a week before the anniversary, the… Read moreArmenians commemorate 1915 genocide —despite Turkish censorship
