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Remaining Gunmen In Armenia Standoff Surrender

Armed men who seized a police station in the Armenian capital, Yerevan, surrendered to police on the evening of July 31 after a two-week stand-off. The Armenian National Security Service said that 20 people were arrested. (Police handout video, via Reuters)

U.S. ‘Deeply Troubled’ By Armenian Standoff

US Ambassador Richard M. Mills visited RFE/RL's Yerevan Bureau today after three members of our team were injured during violence last night.

What's Behind The Armed Standoff In Armenia's Capital?

Gunmen stormed a police station in the Armenian capital, Yerevan, and have kept control of it for the past 10 days amid a tense standoff with security forces. What are they trying to achieve? And why are crowds of supporters marching in the streets? (Margot Buff and RFE/RL's Armenian Service)

Gun Battle In Yerevan, Armed Standoff Ongoing

A gun battle broke out between Armenian security forces and an armed group holed up in a police station, but the 10-day armed standoff continued. (RFE/RL's Armenian Service)

Armenian Police Clash With Demonstrators Supporting Violent Opposition Group

Several hundred Armenian protesters supporting a radical opposition group holding hostages at a police station have clashed with security forces in the capital, Yerevan.

Some Hostages Released; Armenian Police Pounce On Opposition Supporters

Police dragged away supporters of an opposition group in Yerevan, as a deadly siege of a police station in the Armenian capital stretched into a second day.

Armed Attackers Storm Yerevan Police Headquarters

A group of armed men from an opposition group stormed a district police headquarters in the Armenian capital, Yerevan, early on the morning of July 17, the National Security Service (NSS) said in a statement.

EU ‘Encouraged’ By Karabakh Peace Efforts

A senior European Union diplomat on Wednesday praised continuing international efforts to de-escalate and resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and said the EU looks forward to further Armenian-Azerbaijani peace talks.

Kerry, Lavrov Keen To Bolster Karabakh Truce

James Warlick, the U.S. co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, told Azatutyun.am that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will try to cement the shaky ceasefire around Nagorno-Karabakh when they co-host talks between Armenia’s and Azerbaijan’s presidents.

Thousands join Torchlight Procession in Yerevan Honoring Victims of the Armenian Genocide

The march kicked off in Yerevan's Freedom square with burning of Turkish and Azerbaijani flags. The procession went through downtown Yerevan and concluded at the eternal fire of Tsitsernakabert, the Armenian Genocide Memorial.