by Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier · Published February 3, 2021
After ruling Armenia as Prime Minister for almost three years and most importantly during the country’s recent disastrous defeat in the Artsakh War, Nikol Pashinyan keeps making mistake after mistake and misstatement after misstatement....
by Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier · Published December 16, 2020
Last week, when Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev held a victory parade in Baku, he expressed his appreciation to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who attended the ceremonies. Tens of thousands of Azeris turned up...
by Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier · Published October 16, 2019
A 48-page Central Intelligence Agency Top Secret Report, prepared in August 1988 and made public in 2012 with some deletions, is titled “Unrest in the Caucasus and the Challenge of Nationalism.” Despite the passage...
by Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier · Published December 5, 2018
Pres. Donald Trump nominated on Sept. 4, 2018, career Foreign Service Officer Earle Litzenberger to serve as U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan replacing Amb. Robert Cekuta who left Baku nine months ago. A month before...
by Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier · Published September 26, 2017
There were plenty of Azeri commentators and officials who criticized Pres. Sargsyan’s speech at the U.N. General Assembly last week, but I did not come across any Armenian commentators or government leaders who attacked...
by Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier · Published September 12, 2017
For over a century, no matter what evidence is presented to the Turkish government about their guilt as perpetrators of the Armenian Genocide, they always claim it is fake and deny the facts. Similarly,...
by Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier · Published December 13, 2016
Turkish and Azeri circles were displeased with my latest column where I had analyzed Vice President-elect Mike Pence’s phone call to Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan. Azerbaijan’s Trend news agency published a ridiculous article by...
LOS ANGELES (Asbarez.com) – More than 3,500 community members heeded the calls from the Armenian Youth Federation on April 8 and gathered in front of the Azerbaijani Consulate on Wilshire Boulevard to protest Baku’s...
by Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier · Published April 12, 2016
In last week’s large-scale attack on Artsakh (Karabagh), the Azeri military killed and injured dozens of Armenian soldiers and civilians, using the sophisticated weapons purchased from Israel and Russia for billions of dollars. The...
