Armenian News - NEWS.am presents breaking news over the situation on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as of 16.11.21:

  • As of 4 p.m. the situation in the eastern direction of Armenia’s border remains extremely tense. As a result of the battles that began after the units of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan launched an attack on Armenian military posts, the Armenian side has casualties and injured, the data on which are being verified, and there is also news about the loss of two military posts, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia reported.

The units of the Armenian Armed Forces made the adversary suffer great losses of armored vehicles and manpower with their adequate actions. The battles continue, and the intensity hasn’t weakened.

According to certain reports, 6 Armenian servicemen were captured by Azerbaijani armed forces

  • There are injured and casualties, and the Ministry of Defense of Armenia will give clarifications and provide more concrete answers to this question, Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan said during an interview aired on a news program on Armenian Public Television.

“The battles continue as we speak,” he said.

According to him, if Armenia fails to resolve the crisis via Russia and CSTO, it will have to use other mechanisms.

  • The Azerbaijani armed forces have launched an obvious terrorist attack on Armenia, including in the vicinity of some civilian communities in the Syunik province, Human Rights Defender of Armenia Arman Tatoyan wrote on his Facebook.

"Their actions are criminal from the beginning, and are part of the genocidal policy of Azerbaijan," he noted.

The Human Rights Defender of Armenia has initiated an urgent missions and studies of the Azerbaijani terrorist acts taking place since November 14, 2021.