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Karabakh army serviceman Armen Gasparyan (born in 1974) was killed on Wednesday in ceasefire violation by the Azerbaijani side.
The contract serviceman was killed from a mine thrower in north-eastern direction, Karabakh Defense Army army said in a statement.
As reported earlier, the parties decided to cease fire starting from 12:00 on Tuesday
Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense confirmed information on heavy losses in the course of military actions on the line of contact with Nagorno Karabakh on April 1 and 2.
“12 soldiers were killed in action; MI-24 helicopter employed to strike the rival positions was downed and a tank rendered inoperative,” the Azeri Ministry statement said.
Earlier, Baku was persisting in denying reports on the downed helicopter and other losses.
According to the Nagorno Karabakh Defense Army, Azerbaijan lost 2 helicopters, 3 tanks and 2 unmanned drones. The Defence Army published the picture of one of the downed Azeri drones.
On the night of April 1-2, Azerbaijani armed forces initiated overt offensive operations in the southern, southeastern and northeastern directions of the line of contact with Nagorno Karabakh, using artillery, armored fighting vehicles and air force equipment among other weapons.
Aside from the battles on the frontline, the rival has also carried out artillery strikes on civilian settlements and places of permanent deployment of several military units.
On April 2, at around 8:30 am, the rival used BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher in the Martuni direction of the contact line. 12-year-old Vaghinak Grigoryan was killed in the shelling, two more children were wounded.
Earleir, the Nagorno Karabakh special forces identified an Azerbaijani subversive group near the Levonarkh settlement and threw the saboterus back to their positions.
According to Armenia’s Defense Ministry, the rival troops retreated after suffering several human losses.
An Armenian soldier, Kevork Mgrdichian, was killed in the ongoing battles between the Syrian government army and the Islamic State, according to Arevelk news agency.
The terrorist groups again violated ceasefire and targeted with rocket and mortar shells al-Sheikh Maqsoud and Bab al-Faraj neighborhoods in Aleppo, the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported.
As a result, four people were killed and seven others were injured.
A considerable increase in tension was recorded along the Line of Contact between the Karabakh-Azerbaijani opposing forces, from late Thursday night to early Friday morning.
During this time the Azerbaijani armed forces fired around 1,500 shots at the Armenian military positions, and by way of rifle weaponry.
And on Friday at around 3:55am, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Defense Army military serviceman Simon Chavrshyan (born in 1996) sustained a fatal gunshot wound at the protection area of a Defense Army unit, and as a result of the shot fired by the adversary.
An investigation is underway to find out the details of the incident.
STEPANAKERT—The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Defense Ministry announced that an Artsakh soldier, Vardan Vardanyan, born in 1994, was killed at 8:50 a.m. on Friday, after Azerbaijani forces violated the cease fire.
An investigation has been launched by the Defense Ministry, which also announced that Azerbaijani forces fired more than 1,100 shots from varying caliber weapons, including 60 and 82 milimeter mortars, HAN-17 grenades and ZU-23 antiaircraft system.
The Defense Ministry also announced that Artsakh forces retaliated.
This latest incident comes two days after Azerbaijani forces deployed a tank for the first time since the cease fire agreement was signed in 1994. During that attack, another Karabakh soldier, 24-year-old Garik Avanesian was killed.
Military serviceman Erik Grigoryan, who died as a result of an infiltration attempt by Azerbaijan, on Monday was laid to rest with a military order.
Mayor Vahan Ghazaryan of Shaki village, where Grigoryan was from in the Syunik Province of Armenia, told Armenian News-NEWS.am that military servicemen, acquaintances, and relatives attended the funeral.
The fallen soldier was interred at the Karabakh War cemetery in Sisian town, in the Syunik Province.
As reported earlier, Azerbaijan had launched an intelligence-gathering and sabotage infiltration attempt, on December 4, in a northeasterly direction (Talish) of the Line of Contact between the Karabakh-Azerbaijani opposing forces.
Vanguard units of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) Defense Army, however, had detected this advance by the special units of the Azerbaijan army, and they had pushed them back to their starting positions, also causing them casualties.
Unfortunately, NKR Defense Army serviceman Erik Grigoryan (born in 1995) had sustained a fatal gunshot wound during the skirmish.
STEPANAKERT. – Two military servicemen of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) Defense Army were killed as a result of shootings by Azerbaijan.
Press service of NKR Ministry of Defense has released a statement, in which it is said the adversary continues violating the ceasefire.
As a result, Armenian soldiers Vahe Vanoyan (born in 1995) and Mikayel Torosyan (born in 1996) sustained fatal gunshot wounds from the shots fired by Azerbaijan, on Thursday at around 9pm.
They were fatally wounded at the military base of the protection area of an NKR Defense Army unit, which is stationed in a southerly direction.
An investigation is underway to find out the details of this incident.
YEREVAN. – Armenian serviceman Harut Hakobyan, who was today killed as a result of shelling by the Azerbaijani Armed Forces, was from Avshar village of Armenia’s Ararat province.
According to the sources of Armenian News – NEWS.am, Hakobyan lived with his mother, elder sister and brother. His father died several years ago. Hakobyan’s mother is a farmer.
Harut Hakobyan was recruited on July 3, 2015.
The Azerbaijani Armed Forces shelled at one of the north-eastern protection areas of the NKR Defense Army unit today at about 5:30 p.m. The fire was opened from Turkish-made TR-107 reactive rocket propelled howitzers. Consequently, NKR Defense Army soldiers Norayr Mikayel Khacatryan (b. 1995), Robert Suren Mkrtchyan (b. 1995), Harut Maxim Hakobyan (b. 1997) and Karen Gevorg Shahinyan (b. 1997) died from shrapnel wounds. There are also wounded.
A traditional drive “Thank You, Armenian Soldier” is underway in Liberty Square of Yerevan today, on September 21.
As part of the drive, members of Civil Voice NGO and volunteers placed boxes for gifts to Armenian soldiers in the square.
“It is no accident that September 21 when Armenia marks Independence Day was chosen for that action. The army is the guarantor of our security, and our servicemen should feel that we stand by them,” the spokesman for Civil Voice NGO BabkenHarutyunyan told reporters.
“Following the distribution of gifts, the NGO will issue a video report and a press release to inform the residents involved in the drive about its results,” BabkenHarutyunyan added.
Source: Panorama.am
A Turkish soldier who went missing after a border clash with Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) affiliated smugglers has visited an ISIL-controlled hospital in Syria, security sources told daily Hürriyet, citing an intelligence report.
One soldier was killed and another one was injured after gunfire from ISIL-held territory in Syria while their unit was patrolling the border in the southeastern Turkish province of Kilis on Sept. 1.
The Turkish Armed Forces declared another soldier, identified as Sefer T., as missing in action (MIA) after the clash.
According to security forces in Ankara who spoke to daily Hürriyet on Sept. 5 citing intelligence reports, Sefer T. was wounded from his foot during the clash. The soldier was taken by militants to an ISIL-controlled hospital near the Syrian city of Aleppo, the source said.
Turkish authorities also received reports suggesting that ISIL considered to transfer the soldier to Mosul in Iraq, although this claim could not be verified.
Officials stressed that efforts have been continuing to release the Turkish soldier, while ruling out any negotiations with ISIL involving an exchange.
A number of ISIL-linked social media accounts have been suggesting that the group could only release the Turkish hostage when Ankara agreed to leave the anti-ISIL coalition.
Last year the jihadists seized 46 Turkish citizens in the Iraqi city of Mosul. The hostages were released unharmed after more than three months, but fears for their fate were seen as a key reason for Ankara’s reticence to engage in anti-ISIL operations.
Turkey has a 900-km (558-mile)-long border with Syria and has borne the brunt of the refugee crisis sparked by the Syrian civil war, hosting around 2 million people who have fled the fighting.
Diplomats say Ankara’s decision to launch attacks against ISIL has increased the risk of reprisals.
47 dead as rebels battle ISIL in key Syrian town near Turkey
Meanwhile, a battle between ISIL and rebels for control of an opposition stronghold in northern Syria has killed at least 47 fighters, a monitor said Sept. 5.
Twenty Islamist and other rebel fighters were killed in the clashes in Aleppo province throughout Sept. 4, along with 27 ISIL militants, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
The fighting centred on the town of Marea, a key rebel bastion that ISIL has been trying to capture for months.
The Observatory said fighting was ongoing around the town, which rebel forces still control, as well in villages in the surrounding area.
Marea is one of the most significant rebel-held towns in northern Aleppo and lies on a key supply route running to the Turkish border.
ISIL has targeted the town for months, seeking to expand westwards from territory it already holds in Aleppo province.
Last week, ISIL advanced in the area, seizing five villages from rebel forces around Marea after allegations it had used a chemical agent, possibly mustard gas, in its attacks.
ISIL advances came despite an agreement between Turkey and the United States to work on the establishment of an ISIL-free zone in northern Aleppo.
In recent days, the US-led air campaign fighting ISIL in Syria has carried out strikes against the group near Marea, according to the Pentagon.
More than 240,000 people have been killed in Syria since the conflict began in March 2011 with peaceful anti-government protests.
It has evolved into a complex multi-front war, with regime and rebel forces as well as Kurds and jihadists involved in the fighting.