The “eco-activist” blockade of the Lachin Corridor, a vital artery into the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, entered its fourth week last Thursday, leaving 120,000 ethnic Armenians in the breakaway region with a scarcity of food and medicine, even as winter temperatures fell to -10 degrees Celsius (14 Fahrenheit) over the weekend.
AZERBAIJAN CUTS OFF ARMENIANS IN DISPUTED REGION
SPECIAL REPORT: DEALINGS WITH IRAN
The tension surrounding Iranian nuclear ambitions and regional control is mounting in the Middle East. The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, also know as the Iran Deal or JCPOA, is being held up as a model for future dealings with Iran, but was the Iran Deal a triumph of diplomacy, or did it fuel greater instability in the region?