Hear the voices from the region about living through and beyond conflict
The Karabakh War of 2020 and the September 2023 hostilities have dramatically altered life in the southern, Syunik region of Armenia. This is especially true for the economic development of the region, the ability of local residents to earn and support their families. The situation in Syunik has been particularly...
Thousands of people who moved from Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia have settled in various regions of Armenia. They are trying to adapt to the conditions of life here and get used to the new circumstances – the loss of their homeland, their homes and all their property.
The Karabakh war of 2020 and the September 2023 hostilities have changed life in the southern Syunik region of Armenia. This is especially true for the economic development of the region, the ability of local residents to earn and support their families.
After the hostilities in September 2023, all Armenians left Nagorno-Karabakh as soon as Azerbaijan unblocked the Lachin corridor. Tatev Mikayelyan, one of the residents of the village of Nerkin Sznek (Ashagi Yemishchan, as it is called by Azerbaijanis) tells the story of her family. Her relatives and fellow villagers fled Sznek through gorges and forests...
Volunteers were the first to welcome displaced people from Nagorno-Karabakh in Armenia. Since September 24, when Azerbaijan unblocked the Lachin corridor, more than 100,000 people have entered Armenia. And thousands of volunteers have been helping people arriving in Armenia day and night to get food, clothes, medicines. As soon as the Ministry of Labor and Social...
The Karabakh war of 2020 and the September 2023 hostilities have changed life in the southern, Syunik, region of Armenia. This is especially true for the economic development of the region, the ability of local residents to earn and support their families.
“In the passport control line at the Zvartnots airport in Yerevan, which looks very spacious and somehow festive, my anxiety reared its head. I looked at the faces of the border guards trying to guess which of them was kindest. I was directed to one of them. He scrutinized my...
“There are no photos where dad and mom are together. They collected photos in one album. When we moved, our things were moved to my grandmother’s house, and then there was a fire and the album was destroyed.
"I can describe the liberation of Lachin like this: imagine that you lost all your money. Then you go back to search for it, and here it is on the ground. That's how I rejoiced. Lachin was all that I had, and I lost it. And now I've found it...
