Azerbaijan presents Karabakh hospital bombing as strike on military objectOctober 17, 2020 - 22:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Footage of a strike by the Azerbaijani military, which they claim has destroyed a "fuel and lubricants and ammunition depot", is actually footage from the destruction of a hospital in Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenian Defense Ministry spokeswoman Shushan Stepanyan said in a Facebook post Saturday, October 17. "How inhuman one must be, Mrs. Mehriban, to strike a hospital and then officially declare that the strike was carried out on an ammunition depot and a base housing fuel and lubricant reserved," Stepanyan said, addressing the Azerbaijani President's wife, Mehriban Aliyeva, who had lauded the Azeri army's operation on social media. The footage published by Aliyeva shows the deliberate targeting of the hospital in north-eastern direction of Artsakh (Karabakh) on October 14. Azerbaijan, with help from Turkey and Syrian and Libyan mercenaries deployed by Ankara, started a war against Karabakh (Artsakh) in the morning of September 27. The Armenian side has reported deaths and injuries both among the civilian population and the military. Foreign and local journalists too have been injured in Azeri shelling of towns and villages. Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. Partner news | Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. CSTO recognizes Armenia’s sovereign right to withdraw Tasmagambetov has said that if Armenia decides to leave the organization, “it will be the sovereign right of Armenia.” Ex-President: Only removal of “defeatist” rulers can save Armenia Former Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has shared a message on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. |