Trump Brokers Peace Between Armenia and Azerbaijan

Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a 17-point declaration on August 8 with US President Donald Trump aimed at ending decades of conflict between the two neighbors over the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, a largely Armenian-populated territory within Azerbaijan. Armenia and Azerbaijan fought wars that killed more than 30,000 people in the early 1990s and at least 6,000 during a 44-day conflict in 2020. In September 2023, Azerbaijan gained full control of Nagorno-Karabakh in a lightning military operation, forcing mor ...