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Territorial Self-Defense Battalion. The fate of the soldiers was unknown in Armenia, and they were considered missing until 2008, when footage from the time of the war appeared on YouTube showing the corpses of the soldiers.
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Military units and formations of the First
Nagorno-Karabakh War
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My
Brother's Road: An American's Fateful Journey to Armenia
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Law on
Abolishment of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast
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260:At the initial stage, Arabo operated along the
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549:Deportation of Azerbaijanis from Armenia
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1700:2020–2024 monitoring and peacekeeping
923:Allegations of third-party involvement
872:July 2020 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes
817:September 2009 Agdam military incident
784:1994 Iranian Air Force C-130 shootdown
405:(in Russian). 1news.az. Archived from
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588:Anti-Armenian sentiment in Azerbaijan
232:The group was originally named after
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1070:Flight of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians
814:January 2009 Agdam military incident
544:Armenian–Azerbaijani war (1918–1920)
699:Capture of Gushchular and Malibeyli
694:1992 Azerbaijani Mil Mi-8 shootdown
676:1991 Azerbaijani Mil Mi-8 shootdown
376:Rizvan Guseynov (17 August 2010).
326:Şahin Qocayev (27 February 2016).
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864:2018 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes
841:2014 Armenian Mil Mi-24 shootdown
836:2014 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes
646:Il-76 crash near Leninakan (1988)
469:""Արաբո" ջոկատը գտնվել է սպանված"
355:. I.B. Tauris. pp. 211–212.
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554:Dissolution of the Soviet Union
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637:Shusha and Stepanakert pogroms
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821:2010 Nagorno-Karabakh clashes
272:(Martakert) conducted by the
1759:Nagorno-Karabakh Declaration
1616:Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
1055:Blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh
746:1993 Azerbaijani coup d'état
593:Armenia–Azerbaijan relations
1013:2020–2021 Armenian protests
980:Russian Mil Mi-24 shootdown
240:, who revolted against the
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990:Treatment of Armenian POWs
351:Melkonian, Markar (2005).
218:First Nagorno-Karabakh War
198:Arabo Volunteer Detachment
1028:September 2022 escalation
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262:Armenia–Azerbaijan border
206:«Արաբո» կամավորական ջոկատ
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789:1994 Bagratashen bombing
779:1994 Baku Metro bombings
428:Hüseynov Şahlar İsa oğlu
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1724:EUPAT Dec 2022–Jan 2023
918:International reactions
868:2019 clash near Chinari
632:Zvartnots Airport clash
583:Azerbaijanis in Armenia
571:Armenians in Azerbaijan
304:Armed Forces of Armenia
214:Armenian volunteer unit
29:Արաբո կամավորական ջոկատ
1799:UNGA Resolution 62/243
1794:UNGA Resolution 60/285
1789:UNGA Resolution 48/114
1050:2022 Armenian protests
882:Protests in Azerbaijan
826:2010 Mardakert clashes
810:2008 Mardakert clashes
794:Refugees in Azerbaijan
761:1993 Summer Offensives
264:. It took part in the
85:Armenian Ground Forces
1754:Astrakhan Declaration
1729:EUMA Feb 2023–present
1493:Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan
1446:Norat Ter-Grigoryants
1001:Post-ceasefire events
723:Capture of Artsvashen
704:Capture of Garadaghly
266:Capture of Garadaghly
184:Manvel Yeghiazaryan
164:Capture of Garadaghly
1857:Armenian nationalism
1784:PACE Resolution 2085
1779:PACE Resolution 1416
1774:OIC Resolution 10/37
1769:OIC Resolution 10/11
1405:Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
933:Aras Valley campaign
845:2016 Odundağ clashes
765:Operation Geghamasar
686:Siege of Stepanakert
1719:EUMCAP Oct–Dec 2022
1643:Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
1478:Republic of Artsakh
1441:Gurgen Dalibaltayan
1280:Samvel Shahramanyan
1245:Republic of Artsakh
1213:Levon Ter-Petrosyan
1065:Protests in Armenia
857:Shelling of Alxanlı
736:Operation Həsənqaya
457:on 7 December 2017.
337:on 7 December 2017.
212:was a paramilitary
114:Republic of Artsakh
38:4 October 1989-1994
1589:Viktor Polyanichko
1275:Arayik Harutyunyan
1128:Shahumyan Province
1118:Martakert Province
1113:Kashatagh Province
774:Operation Kalbajar
751:Battle of Kalbajar
727:Operation Goranboy
690:Operation Dashalty
409:on 20 October 2012
399:Huseynov, Rizvan.
388:on 20 August 2010.
224:-affiliated unit.
181:Simon Achikgyozyan
156:Operation Goranboy
140:First Karabakh War
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1508:Mikael Arzumanyan
1503:Jalal Harutyunyan
1488:Kristapor Ivanyan
1456:Tiran Khachatryan
1368:Mikhail Gorbachev
1260:Leonard Petrosyan
1193:Political leaders
1182:Zangilan District
1160:Kalbajar District
1155:Jabrayil District
928:Madagiz offensive
769:Operation Horadiz
742:Operation Qazançı
719:Capture of Shusha
669:Voskepar massacre
576:Armenians in Baku
559:Karabakh movement
362:978-1-85043-635-5
238:Arakel Mkhitarian
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970:Lachin offensive
965:Battle of Hadrut
803:Interwar clashes
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739:Battle of Lachin
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