By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Few, if any, territorial disputes are historically simple or cut-and-dry. Most are shrouded in complex webs of nationalism and misinformation, coupled with the raw emotions of human suffering and violence on both sides of the conflict. But the ongoing skirmish between Azerbaijan and Armenia, although rooted in centuries of mutual distrust and ethnic divisions, really boils down
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS It’s a sputtering war that has been going on now for nearly three decades — ever since Armenian troops invaded the Azerbaijani territorial enclave of Nargorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding districts and forcefully expelled 800,000 Azeri farmers and their families from their homes in a vicious and unlawful landgrab of brute force in 1991. The barbarous assault of Karabakh
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS BAKU, Azerbaijan — When Tural Ganjaliyev was just 12 years old, he and his entire family were forcefully expelled from the only home they had ever known by invading Armenian troops. Ganjaliyev and his family were among the 800,000 Azerbaijanis (nearly half of whom were children) who were brutally evicted from their houses and land by Russian-backed
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS BAKU, Azerbaijan — With an entirely new Milli Mejlis (parliamentary general assembly) set to take office next month, Azerbaijan is bracing for a head-to-toe makeover of its social and political system, in keeping with a master plan laid out late last year by President Ilham Aliyev. And with most of the newly elected legislators fresh out of
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