Why Armenia and Azerbaijan are at war

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The current war in #Karabakh is the result of 27-years of diplomatic failure. So, let’s go over the events that led to this point, and then see how the hostilities are progressing.
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[@kaiserkhosrow3724]

You failed to mention that Azerbaijani people and armed forces did the same thing to Armenian artefacts and historical monuments and settlers in Nachchivan

[@ianfarr-wharton1000]

You know Australia and New Zealand thought in the first Armenia and Azerbaijan war in 1918-1920, Back then Australia and New Zealand was on Armenia side fighting Azerbaijan and Russian SFSR.

[@ashrafuluzzal9058]

I couldn’t find any false or extremely biased statements from the video. It was very good as usual and you were able to maintain your standard..

[@jamespires3383]

Did you see this video of Armenian militia men being executed?

[@emperor_ra]

Lmao I am proud of NordVPN for this daring sponsorship

[@apest4214]

The madman actually did it.

[@ibnu9969]

well this is kinda one sided towards azerbaijan lol (since he's azeri himself) but I personally sided with azerbaijan anyways so we're fine with it lol

[@yoghurtlover3660]

@@ibnu9969 I have to disagree. Just because he's Azerbaijani doesn't mean he can't be objective around the topics surrounding Azerbaijan. You can actually see that he's beeing objective in this video as well.

[@vatsal9005]

@@ibnu9969 it can be biased but , he is not lying , just hiding some facts And it's not US , he can get in trouble for speaking something

[@BoqPrecision]

Armenia compelled by the powers that be to fight this fight. It's not even in Armenia's interest.

[@ibnu9969]

@@yoghurtlover3660 I do see him being objective by stating the fact of what happened on the field. I just find some words he used in his narration is biased towards azerbaijan but since it's in his and his country's interest I find it understandable

[@redscarf2766]

Meanwhile Georgia just chilling in the background.

[@kazhar3144]

They had their fair share of drama with Russia already

[@vatsal9005]

@Or ka damn, so that's a habit

[@FrEeJuMpCs]

And what should exactly Georgia do in the current situation (honestly asking)? We have an upcoming election and any involvement in the conflict will be seen (from the point of community) as current parliaments tries to uphold power, not that we are giving the real interest the situation. Also the prime minister, as well as president, offered for a peace dialogue to be upheld in Tbilisi, but surely it did not resonate in either party of a conflict. Subjectively speaking we all know who is the real "friend" of Georgia in the region and who should be punished, but no party will justify current involvement.

[@nicknameinuse1607]

don't jinx us dude

[@saribey3375]

@Amperoar Ds yeah even the tactic is the same. Annex the lands through creating puppet states.

[@christianlibertarian5488]

From the description, it sounds like the Azeris have adopted 21st century warfare, while Armenia is stuck in 1994.

[@nightmarekhazix4419]

that's mainly because Turkey is desperate to provide them with as many modern weapons as possible

[@markm5758]

@@nightmarekhazix4419 Don't forget israel

[@resul282]

@@nightmarekhazix4419 azerbaijan has money to buy modern weapons unlike armenia

[@zinedinezethro9157]

Bro they be: ik we having a hard time fighting the Azerbaijani, but hey what's wrong with say claiming a part of Turkey in the EXACT other side of our nation.

[@soundwave2481]

@@zinedinezethro9157 I honestly don't know what they were expecting lol they only got that dumbass Pashinyan to blame for that

[@tbwpiper189]

Whenever the word "corridor" is mentioned in geopolitics, war is inevitable.

[@nurlanezizzade4885]

Where are you from?

[@distorted4378]

@@nurlanezizzade4885 🇼🇫

[@Sr.Cangrejo]

Some are made with the intention of avoiding war, like the one in the east of Afganistan, but it always ends in war anyway

[@Geopoliticum]

The video is about Armenia and Azerbaijan. Shirvan is from Azerbaijan. **Grabs Popcorn**

[@notme8096]

I learn a lot today like Armenia Bad Azerbaijan good

[@TheGamerGuyXBOX]

He's unbiased

[@WaderMorghulis]

@Alex Freeman not really

[@nikolasmacedonites917]

@@TheGamerGuyXBOX Unbiased my Ass Hahahaha

[@iantheG207]

lol does this mean he's biased? just asking

[@dragonrykr]

If there is one word I hear the most on this channel, it is - tensions

[@SunilKumar-pu7me]

Regardless

[@blatnoymuzik1014]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/kIvLl4ylZdFpaLM KARABXH IS AZERBAYJAN!!!!

[@daddyleon]

*+dragonrykr* I love/hate to be that guy, so actually: blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2015/11/word_frequency.png

[@leehaiko3999]

Geopolitics

[@helsinki]

take a shot whenever Shivan says 'periphery'

[@burnttoast546]

Can we get a report on the current state of conflict in Ethiopia between the government and the governing party of Tigray?

[@jarrelelston7484]

Yes

[@gdroce8569]

Yes please

[@mikeoxlong2349]

Please I’ve been dying for content on this

[@azreal629]

Literally been refreshing his page every few days for this.

[@burakdemirh]

hope u like it

[@kouvue1081]

Tensions are high? Lol understatement of the year.

[@Nilvolentibusje]

2020: You dont say?

[@antilockdown4350]

caspian report pushes govt narrative again

[@minzblatt]

@@antilockdown4350 lol... He was 100% right on projections tho and that's how you tell apart wishful thinking and clear analysis

[@antilockdown4350]

@@minzblatt fail shill

[@niceyniceyzoozoo836]

@@antilockdown4350 “shill” Armenia was eviscerated by Azerbaijan militarily and the bulk of the illegally occupied territories were transferred back to Azerbaijan, with the Azeris gaining a guranteed corridor to Nakchivan and turning the Armenian separatist republic into a rump beholden to Russia’s benevolence. The only shilling appears to be you in complaining that Armenia lost rather handily. The interesting part is Armenia’s government and Russia both affirm Azerbaijan’s decisive victory.

[@lowenheim]

My heart aches for all the civilian casualties in this mess.

[@peternguyen7207]

Ironic how he didn't mention ANYTHING about the 400,000 Armenian refugees that had to flee Azerbaijan. Ironic how he didn't mention that the Azerbaijani school school curriculum teaches kids to hate Armenians

[@tamacat920]

@@peternguyen7207 he’s very unbiased

[@icethethrees]

@@tamacat920 He's definitely biased but it's a decent video. Here's another informative one worth watching with the section starting around 20:43 providing crucial in-depth historical context, including an arbitrary parceling (of interior USSR boundaries) in the 1920s by Stalin: (1.25x speed recommended) *The fog of war between Armenia and Azerbaijan* kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5DRemVnibWNidk

[@polecat7377]

@@tamacat920 he's Azeri... so, hands tied?

[@igla8970]

@@peternguyen7207 Video is about NK, still didn't get it ?

[@meltup3668]

Somewhere in hell, Stalin is laughing happily at the Southern Caucuses

[@ArthaxtaDaVince777]

Exactly, there is even a document of the first republic of Azerbaijan agreeing to cede Karabagh to Armenia, Stalin rejected.

[@Nikola95inYT]

He's a georgian himself, he knew what he was doing.

[@Alex_Van]

Stalin made "The mine territories" which came to action after collapse of soviet union

[@Mahmoud-qz9zo]

Salam my Eritrean brother.. Tigryna Nazarab? Ana nishta Tigryna nazarab.

[@ilyatsukanov8707]

More like 'looking in horror at what's happening'. There is an apocryphal story about party delegates from Armenia and Azerbaijan coming to Moscow to discuss the Karabakh problem in the 30s, and Stalin inviting them to sample Armenian cognac and Azerbaijani tea, and warning them that if they couldn't get along and settle the dispute over 'Beautiful, Blooming Karabakh', they would be sent to 'Beautiful, Blooming Magadan'.

[@pricenaseen]

2 weeks later turns out that shirvan was right

[@kitkat47chrysalis95]

where does caspian report live? inside one of these countries?

[@slovakiaballif24]

@Proto Edwardian Although I agree with you that he is biased, It seems Armenia did lose, looking at the ceasefire. CR talked about how Armenia tried to move Armenians into Nagorno-Karabakh but neglected to mention that Azerbaijan did the exact same thing before the first war. Not to mention the Armenia-Turkey dispute is exaggerated and lacks the historical context. Most likely to make Armenia sound like the bad guy.

[@LABWARRIOR-ho4zd]

@Proto Edwardian him being slightly biased because he is Azerbaijani doesn’t change the fact he was right on the Armenians losing the conflict.

[@brianrussell6570]

thats really weird that Israel sells its military hardware to Azerbaijan when it is primarily Muslim..and Iran sells military hardware to Armenia which is primarily Christian..albiet Eastern Orthodox..

[@OmarSlloum]

Politics! Nobody asked for it but here we are

[@juliancate7089]

The reason for Israel's cozy relationship with Azerbaijan is - for me - a complete mystery. It seems to me that they would be sympathetic to a Christian country with a long history of being murdered and bullied by Muslims. On the other hand, the Iranian disposition is a lot easier to understand. Azerbaijan has a nationalist and irredentist streak and many Azeri want to unite all Azeri in a single nation. That means Iran. Secondly, Azerbaijan is relatively prosperous and Western, whereas Iran is an authoritarian hell hole of misery. Thus, many Azeris in Iran look at the prospect of uniting with Azerbaijan favorably. So Iran supports Armenia as a counterweight to Azerbaijani ambitions and progress.

[@daghlongeran656]

There are no true relationships between countries, only shared interests.

[@100500daniel]

@@juliancate7089 Azerbaijan provides Israel with fuels. A significant portion of Israel's resources are Azeri. it also has a Jewish population both in Israel and in Azerbaijan. Armenia might have been fighting Muslims but it's historically Anti Semitic and Pro-Palestinian.

[@juliancate7089]

ISREALI POSTER. I can't respond to you through the link because my reply appears from right to left. Anyway, thanks for letting me know about this. Do you have links which I can read for more information.

[@philip2009]

ok, he should at least have mentioned he is from Azerbaijan, because we all know its impossible not to be biased in such videos

[@Yaratoma]

I do concur that it's prudent to declare his own connection in this case, it does seem that it has impacted his report in certain areas and that questions the accuracy or at least its neutral perspective.

[@thorstenfinke2751]

he did it in the linked older video. I myself expected him to mention it in this video too.

[@TheInsomniaddict]

@@thorstenfinke2751 The one covering the war didn't state it either. So he's only 1 for 3 for stating his bias.

[@morzh1978]

If he actually resident of Azerbaijan - he could be legally prosecuted and mob lynched BOTH for treason / being a tribal traitor in case he pulls out the true, unbiased version of events. Official history and political claims of Azerbaijan an Turkey both are total bullshit and you can be prosecuted for merely shedding some light on it. For such reasons, he should have avoided any Armenian case in his videos - it only discredits him.

[@x_o-]

@@Yaratoma stop using fancy words! I can't understand shitt.

[@99cezar]

I actually like this video, is probably his most biased video. But I like to see his point of view (as an azeri analist) and take note, this is probably less biased that you average media or armenian/azeri supporter, he kept his standards quite high. Good job, take care.

[@vacamike]

Do i want to know what an analist is??

[@rogerwilco2]

Yeah, I forgot Shirvan is from the region. I know very little about the issues, but the video seems quite very fact based to me. I don't know if there is anything he omitted. I was rooting a bit for the Armenians, as they have been hurt many times in history, and I really do not want Erdogan to get stronger. But it seems that the Armenians have overplayed their hand, and should have settled for a peace deal while they were ahead.

[@user-wl4sr4tl7f]

I think he was actually extremely biased in the way he presented the information. It's interesting that he forgot to mention the 300,000 - 500,000 Armenian refugees from the original conflict while he inflated the numbers of Azeri refugees (maybe he had to do this because of the political situation in Azerbaijan but Idk), when he said that the southern regions of Artsakh had 5 times the population of the northern regions that is just a lie (the south had a little over double the population so why the need to stretch numbers? Unless your trying to justify something really bad that you're planning on doing to the Armenians), also that he only mentions things like ethnic cleansing when talking about or showing screenshots of Armenian war crimes but he never mentions the Azeri ones, add in that little passive aggressive threat at the end that basically says 'if you refuse to be minorities under Azerbaijan then the time for peaceful solution might pass very soon' without him stating what a non-peaceful solution would obviously be.

[@brickbastardly]

@@rogerwilco2 He Didn't say anything wrong, but there were some half truth and omissions. He definitely framed things as Azerbaijan being the victim. Like siting Putin thinks the region belongs to Azerbaijan followed by highlighted Russian new found disdain for the Armenian government and improving relations with Azerbaijan. Given how Russia has acted in Crimea I don't think they care what borders are. In this and his other video cover the subject he omits any crimes by Azerbaijan and highlights ones by Armenia. He high lights Armenian tactics incorporate the regions into Armenia but not Azerbaijans effort to remove Aremnian culture form it's regions or public statements about violence towards Aremenians. Turkey is playing a bigger par than he mentions. Turkey committed a genocide against Armenians in 1915 where 1.5 million died or disappeared so they have a clearly have a bit more against armenians that simple dispute.

[@minzblatt]

@@rogerwilco2 It's not Turkey who is in this fight. I dont get why media is trying to blame everything on Erdogan for all causes in its region. Same goes for Syrian Civil War, which is a threat for Turkey's southern regions, and same goes for East Med, where there is an ambitious plan to isolate Turkey out of its natural resources. Both issues which are critical for our nation's survival & future generations' prospects. For us Turks Qarabag is the matter of our brother nation Azerbaijan. Before Armenia's new president surprisingly did advocate the old nationalistic rhetoric of expansionism (celebrating anniversary of Sevres declaration & eyeing Turkish lands to establish "Great Armenia") & enforcing the usurpation of Qarabag's adjecent 7 regions with yet another highway in the making, there was actually hope in Ankara & Baku that Pashinyan could be changing the game which would mean more cooperation, but as it was seen in his works & statements, he was eager to worsen the situation. Aliyev called out on his bluff & Erdogan saw this opportunity to give Pashinyan a fair share of reality check. In the end we hope Azerbaijan gains his lands back & certain degree of autonomy can be granted to the Armenians who still want to live in Azerbaijan. And peace.

[@yassinetorjmene9843]

2020: What we expected: Iran vs usa What we got: Armenia vs azerbaijan

[@Crafty_Spirit]

I think you could refine your humour, it comes off more insulting than funny given the gravity of the situation. Or maybe I am just too involved to find a laugh in this.

[@nothingvideos689]

2021 iran with armenia

[@grantavakjan9488]

@@nothingvideos689 against Azerbaijan? possibly

[@OptimusWombat]

Wow, an actual Caspian report set in the Caspian area, lol.

[@PoliticswithPaint]

Very interesting analysis! You mentioned how Iran is increasingly worried about unrest in its northern provinces due to this conflict; I think it would be very interesting if you made a video on this issue in particular and how separatist sentiments in Iran are effecting the country.

[@tedrash7402]

hey I like your videos, cool stuff!

[@siyavashbeyk155]

I’m an Azeri from Iran and Shirvan failed to mention that Iranians fought and died for Azerbayzhan during the first Karabak war . Most Azeri’s in Iran are considering themselves Iranian’s and have positive attitude towards the Azeri people outside of Iran and that’s normal but it doesn’t mean they want to secede from Iran or the government is afraid of secessionist movements , only concern of Iran is the security along its borders and supported the Azerbayzhan’s claims to its land .

[@saeedvahed9786]

@@siyavashbeyk155 wow I didn't know that Iran is such a democracy heaven that people can express their political views so freely. Is there any neutrally conducted poll or referendum on this?

[@eliasalsano543]

@@siyavashbeyk155 It's a short video on Geopolitics. That's how it is. Thank you for clarifying.

[@nikolasmacedonites917]

@@siyavashbeyk155 Most Azerbaijanis would happily break away from Iran for either Turkey or Azerbaijan. Turks are increasingly distancing themselves from Iran. These are opinions of mixed or Persianized Turks from Tehran or some other towns which still view themselves Iranian. If the situation in Karabakh is prolonged or if the central government in Tehran fails then Azerbaijan will break away from Iran. The VAST majority of Iranian Azerbaijanis I know don't consider themselves Iranian one bit..

[@Shazistic]

You only fail when you stop trying. -Shazistic

[@recovermail4260]

@Tattle Boad that means you died trying.

[@oleksijskala6047]

@Tattle Boad then you failed to stop them from breaking your arms and legs, locking you in a box, and throwing you in an ocean, thus forcing you to stop trying

[@scintillam_dei]

Some things aren't worth trying, such that succeeding in attaining those goals actually constitutes failure.

[@scintillam_dei]

@Tattle Boad That misses the irony.

[@blatnoymuzik1014]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/kIvLl4ylZdFpaLM

[@siyabongamchunu4342]

The one video where I really needed the maps...LMAO.

[@jonathanwilson4016]

Sounds like Russia just enforced the Madrid deal and the Armenians had no choice but to agree or lose everything

[@dongster529]

Look at how Azerbaijan and Armenia were carved up by the USSR, they were literally designed to be in conflict. Too busy fighting each other to unite and work together. Divide and conquer.

[@jonathanwilson4016]

@@dongster529 yeah of course but also religions involved outside influences like turkey Russia

[@jonathanwilson4016]

@tryndaOP OK 🤔 except one being "Armenian orthodox the other being like 95% Muslim and using jihadiat from Syria to swell thier ranks

[@lugburz-shak4629]

@@jonathanwilson4016 here in where i live its the first time i saw an anarchist defending a christian country xd

[@bobfred159]

Shirvan finally has some skin in the game 😂

[@kalomboC]

Yep, you can tell it's taking every ounce of objectivity to keep the narrative neutral

[@grid462]

We should know that here it really won't be. An interesting somewhat tempered perspective tho for sure.

[@BoqPrecision]

He had to wait 5-7 business days from Azeri intelligence office

[@ReichLife]

@@kalomboC Pitty is not neutral whatsoever. He showcased near all examples of Armenia controversial deeds while utterly ignoring Azeris ones.

[@GrigRP]

@@ReichLife nothing controversial, it's a defensive war for Azerbaijan

[@kwaobenti]

What I find a bit strange from this video, is that Azerbaijan seems totally obsessed with getting back this tiny little Karabakh territory with its majority Armenian population. But at the same time there is a huge territory with Azerbaijani majority just across its border owned by Iran, and Azerbaijan doesn't seem to mind that at all!

[@robertb6889]

Well, Iran is a much more powerful enemy to provoke.

[@famil1289]

Because it's internationally recognised parts of my country but the south not

[@famil1289]

Also 1 million azerbaijanis used to live in İrevan(today Armenia) and Karabakh before the war which later they got expelled in the 90th.It's now normal for armenians to be the majority

[@wiegehts1206]

Back in the day the majority population was azeri people but they got deplaced or killed

[@kamranismayilzade3789]

Well, not exactly the majority in Nagorno-Karabakh region in particular, but still with great historical and cultural ties to the region - and an absolute majority in the neighbouring formerly occupied regions. That's a key factor not to be omitted. Even though the region's borders were drawn in a way to include all Armenian-populated settlements, there were still big Azerbaijani settlements and cultural cradles inside it like the cities of Shusha and Khojaly. During the war a total of more than one million ethnic azerbaijanies were either brutally killed, kidnapped, tortured or forced into refuge both from Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding districts by militarized armenian nationalists. The ties of the refugees to the region were attempted to be erased furtherly, by vandalising and destruction of azerbaijani religious and cultural heritage in the region, resettlement of ethnic armenians to the region and rasing of the remaining azerbaijani settlements to the ground. Thus, we got what we got - an enclave controlled by ethnic armenians within Azerbaijan based on the rights of ethnic cleansing and conquest.

[@jaliljacallen4114]

Time for an update please, Shirvan! Western media isn't covering the conflict adequately, and we really need your perspective! Thank you so much for your amazing content!

[@ayxanqaffarov1962]

Actually, the war is ended now. In a good point, Azerbaijan liberated significant amount of their lands in those territories till 10 October, it is considerable as a victory of Azerbaijan. Meanwhile, Armenia lost their regulation over these lands beside thousands of soldiers and a lot of militiary equipments. On 10 October , Putin, president of Russia talked to both presidents of the countries and made a peace agreement with such conditions that Armenia forces should leave unliberated lands till certain dates and armenians who were living outside of Nagorno Karabakh should leave these lands. However, armenians still will continue to their lives in Nagorno Karabakh same as before. There are some uncertain questions, but I think it will be solved in following negotiations.

[@Copisy]

This guy is paid by azerbaijani government you see clearly propaganda in this video. Dislike

[@Nariman5656]

@@Copisy are you fucking crazy?

[@Copisy]

@@Nariman5656 yeah, proof laying on twitter

[@Nariman5656]

@@Copisy are like really fucked up totally? I know everything about Caucasia I am from Kazakhstan and I can tell you that everything that he says in this video is totally true

[@davidyolchuyev2905]

I really want azerbaijan and armenia finally to reconcile. Just stay in your internationally recognized borders and do not let other superpowers put their fingers into Caucasus. ESPECIALLY RUSSIA! Don't forget. Russia only cares about extending their borders. Weak, problematic caucasus works for their benefit. Even Germany and France reconciled. And your conflict is not as big as theirs!

[@LevisH21]

you only include Russia? Turkey is also a player in the region. Turkey and Azerbaijan are both Turkic and Islamic countries. they also speak almost the same language. Azeri language is basically Turkish with an accent. and of course Armenians were victims of a genocide under the Ottoman Empire, something that Turkey doesn't recognize. Turkey also discriminates against its Kurdish minority population and of course there was a failed coup d'etat attempt in 2016. many journalists, political opponents, generals, teachers and students were arrested. Turkey is no longer a democratic and secualar country. Sultan Erdogan is an Islamist Fascist with a fetish for the Ottoman Empire. Turkey even want to start a war with Greece, wants to remove Assad from power in Syria so Erdogan can install a puppet in his place.

[@calebbearup4282]

Best case scenario for the Caucasus is for Turkey to loose a lot of territory to establish eastern Kurdistan, which would then be a peaceful nation boundary between Turkey and where Armenia reaches the black sea. With those gains Armenia returns lands to Azerbaijan and withdraws troops with Kurdistan and Georgia providing peacekeeping forces paid for by Russia, Turkey and UN. Georgia and Kurdistan providing stability instead of an old empire will ensure both of their likelihood to cooperate. For reparations to Azerbaijan they are allowed free access to the black sea for X number of years through Armenian territory. To ensure Russia doesn't continue meddling they have to withdraw from the area allowing Chechnya the autonomy they've been wanting. If it works as well as it does in my head then those 4.5 States could develop strong ties and economic stability and growth that would act as a secure buffer and safe haven.

[@MatoVuc]

"tensions are high in the south Caucasus." Tgat's certainly one way to put it.

[@minzblatt]

But it's certainly true. Shit's not hit the fan yet. People are dying, sure. But we're speaking of thousands, not tens of thousands or even more, which it easily could transform into if major players get involved.

[@WilliamMohamad-uv5fi]

Tgat

[@MatoVuc]

@@AboutThingsPodcast the conversation was certainly interesting. Thank you for the effort

[@tkb5119]

I literally felt Shirvan smug when talking about Azeri success in this war Lol

[@safailmulkumov8756]

Friend this is the only option to make peace.

[@drum4416]

Cause his Azeri lmao

[@Nilvolentibusje]

14:30

[@migkillerphantom]

He really glossed over the events of the late 80s and the USSR period in general because they paint Azerbaijan in a far worse light. I suppose it's very hard to stay unbiased when your own people are involved.

[@jondoe8864]

@@migkillerphantom the man lives in a dictatorship it very hard to keep a grip on any semblance of neutrality when this greavence has been beaten into you all your life. I can't trust his take on this

[@MrKiwifruit2011]

Thank you for doing these videos. Appreciate it.

[@anthonycastelluci9225]

Very good report. Well done. Subscribed!

[@DeltaCain13]

Hey man can you remove the particle effect on some of the pictures in the future, I thought my display was infested with mites or something lol.

[@ZomBMarketing]

I was thinking the same thing, I was about to call pest control.

[@BoqPrecision]

Nit picking is fun ain't it?

[@akashshukla7]

i thought so too. but on the plus side i now have a very clean screen.

[@cs40660]

@@BoqPrecision advice isnt nitpicking, its a valid request to make

[@rogerwilco2]

Yes, I find it really annoying as well. It is in a lot of their videos. It looks especially bad when it's images of people. It looks like there are insects crawling over them. I really do not like this "crawling insects" effect.

[@lionelsosa2302]

Finally. I've been waiting so long for this video

[@erikthomsen4768]

Four out of his first five videos were about this mess. It has been 10 years. And yet there still much to report. A caspian report

[@DB-pr4rc]

I didn't expect it to be unbaised, but it was extremely disappointing. Obviously this channel can't be relied on for any news or analysis that directly affects Azerbaijan.

[@Nikola95inYT]

The war will probably end before he releases a new video about this topic.

[@subatenome]

That moment when you like both the armenians and the azerbaijanis...

[@Fff-ek3qy]

Armenia is the aggressor, they displaced and massacred nearly a million azerbaijanis to occupy this terrority

[@danielwoods3896]

@@Fff-ek3qy by that logic, doesn't Armenia have the right to all of northeastern turkey because of the armenian genocide?

[@Fff-ek3qy]

@@danielwoods3896 no😭its different things, armenia is ILLGEGALY occupying the terrority, there are multiple UN resolutions that prove that karabakh is azerbaijan

[@air2091]

Welcome to Israel :)

[@bravebulgarian9166]

@@Fff-ek3qy 4 quadrillion

[@GetUnrealistic]

Do another video on this topic on the peace deal, what it means, and how the future looks on both sides, plz.

[@GetUnrealistic]

@Desert Queen Not really. Armenia, like trump supporters, refused to accept reality.

[@GetUnrealistic]

@Desert Queen you don’t know what you’re talking about. It was the Armenians who expelled Azeri people from their homes and burned it as they left few weeks ago. This isn’t Islam vs some other religion. This is nationalism.

[@cavidhummatov4431]

@Desert Queen your mindset and knowledge about geopolitics is very much outdated. Todays' relationships are not formed on the basis of religious motives. First of all you should be aware of the fact that one of the greatest supporter and historical friend of Azerbaijan is Israel, a jewish state which is in a state of fierce controversy with most of the islamic states. Secondly, I don't know how you conceive of Azerbaijan in your mind but it is not what you think. Unlike Armenia It's not a religious country at all, it is the most secular one, multireligious and multinational country in the Caucasus. It has been a hub for a centuries for all kinds of people of various nationality and religion. Hence you can come across a catholic church as well as jewish synagogue while walking around in the capital Baku downtown however you would not able to find a single mosque throughout Armenia.

[@The_PacificOcean]

@@cavidhummatov4431 I guess he doesn't even know that Iran, Palestine, Libya, Syria (four islamic states) have supported "christian catholic" Armenia in this war 😁

[@user-rh5nd9zk9w]

Muslims just take (annex) territories they've never Give up territories Examples - Cyprus , Republic of Srpska north Euphirius

[@abdullahbokov]

Greetings from Chechnya and Ingushetia again and again!! Peace ☮️ be upon you!

[@leodarksam6230]

Salam.

[@user-bk3de9gx9q]

freedom Chechnya

[@youraverageimperialguard7932]

Cool

[@ardagurbuz6924]

Been waiting for this.

[@ardagurbuz6924]

@Johnny Chap No, been waiting for this video since the conflict started, take a chill pill. I don't enjoy seeing people die either.

[@lad_elusive]

@Johnny Chap Lmao boy did you get triggered there!

[@fevzikamalov965]

@Johnny Chap Peacefully? Literally 1st point of the conditions was Armenia hands over surrounding regions to Azerbaijan. Never happened. (Excluding the Lacin corridor)

[@elmusta5068]

Good job man very well made and I learned a lot from your video

[@joris7000]

Excellent reports as always!

[@cinefreak2307]

I was really looking foward for this one! Thanks, Shirvam! Hope you're well.

[@injest1928]

This was interesting but it would have been good if at the beginning you said that you are Azerbaijani and that this may cause some bias.

[@user-bs6bm9dl3r]

@@ashvardanian >expel 700000 Azerbaijanis from their homelands >cry about it when Azerbaijan comes to take back their land

[@Gulitize]

@@user-bs6bm9dl3r as if azerbaijan wouldn't do the same if they had won

[@kamranmammadli5850]

still, his point of view was neutral, he didn't accuse them on anything. Just shared his opinions from geopolitical view. let me show you funny fact www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54645254 this article is anti-Azerbaijani and guess who is the author? Grigor Atanesian, who is armenian and works for bbc.

[@marble25]

Why didnt you say that you are an armenian before you made the comment?

[@kamranmammadli5850]

@Playlife626 lol, it's not Iran))

[@samuelo7900]

Any possibility of a video analysing the progress and outcome of this conflict, and what it means for the future of warfare?

[@mattynayzerya9167]

Finally someone is sense enough to tell really what's going on

[@marvinmerten7112]

Don't pretend you want unbiased reporting when you clearly want to be spoon fed lies and nationalist propaganda. I feel sad for people like you who think litterall propaganda is unbiased news. Also if you really want to know why greece has islands a few km outside turkey read a history book, you might learn something for once..

[@sh6161]

@@marvinmerten7112 i feel sad for you branwashed ones who keep ignoring documental facts and real history and create myths like stalin gave karabakh to us azerbaijanis.

[@yonduudonta8517]

@@sh6161 I feel sorry for delusional people like you who are trying to rewrite history to fit their nationalistic narrative. The decision to transfer NK to Azerbaijan was made by Joseph Stalin in 1922, it's a fact and there are dozens of documents supporting it.

[@sh6161]

@@yonduudonta8517 lmfao don't make me show you the letter of Mikoyan to Lenin and also whole map of Azerbaijan that recognized by France and another countries.

[@yonduudonta8517]

@@sh6161 Spare me your Azeri sources, yoldas, I am not another Westerner who doesn't know a thing about the history of the conflict. Caucasian republics didn't have recognized borders up until the Soviet occupation, the only thing that mattered was who de-facto controlled what, but I really doubt that you even knew about it. Honestly, it's pretty funny. You people became so detached from reality that you actually believe in your own bs.

[@morrgash]

I have been waiting for this since the war started!

[@zubairsaifi5850]

"Military gains are evolving faster than we can produce a video!" Well this says it all

[@laustudie]

The areas captured are all mostly barren flatland. The heartland of nagorno karabach might be a lot harder to capture.

[@zubairsaifi5850]

@@laustudie it will fall eventually in starting of next month

[@muratbayraktar5035]

@@laustudie Lachin is key and Qubadli is allready taken. If Azeris capture it before winter the occupation forces in Hankendi will starve.

[@laustudie]

@ilker kaynakdemir I'm not even from armenia, so not sure which lunatic president you are talking about. Talking from a strategic standpoint here as ex- military. Looking at the terrain maps it is just quite obvious where the hard to take territories are at.

[@e1123581321345589144]

@@laustudie yeah, the terrain there seems not in favor of Azerbaijan, but at least in the early days it seems they have the upper hand in international support, and military technology

[@DrumApe]

Fantastic content, thanks!

[@jackknapierr]

horrible actually you should watch this video, explains everything with proper facts kzbin.info/www/bejne/h57GkJ2gfNZ4Z5I

[@hamidaslam6961]

Nice and simple explanation since 90's till 2020 ... 👌 Good work Brother and appreciate your work... ❤️👍

[@srdjanvujatovic92]

Also CaspianReport is from Azerbaijan. Not biased at all! :)

[@lilmanbazooka7944]

Definitely right XD

[@KidKat__]

Don't know if you're being sarcastic or not.

[@3BlueHaze]

SKYRIM IS FOR THE NORDS

[@manooxi327]

Belongs to*

[@cameroonemperor755]

Ugh, can't believe you support the skyrim state

[@cameroonemperor755]

@@secretname4190 yes, brother

[@snare5903]

@@cameroonemperor755 Damn faithless Imperials.

[@Brahmdagh]

No lolly gagging

[@googane7755]

As an Azerbaijani it must be pretty hard for you to give an unbiased report on the situation. But I feel it's important to point out that in the first war, the azeris also ethnically cleansed armenians from Azerbaijan.

[@hfourie7121]

AKA Genocide

[@dylreesYT]

Yeah, I noticed the subtle pro-Azerbaijan stance but considering his background I feel he did a pretty good job of trying to be neutral.

[@samk7717]

It’s not even subtle, he says Azerbaijani losses may be just as much which doesn’t make sense cause the attacking side always has 2 to 3 time more casualties

[@lorddashdonalddappington2653]

@@samk7717 Really though? You just assume that the attacker literally always suffers more casualties? I guess you haven't paid attention to any war fought in the last century or more...

[@SimplifiedFinanceSiFi]

@@samk7717 Compare Nazi to Soviet losses

[@AbdulBagirov]

because Azerbaijan right based on international law and historical facts. It's impossible to be impartial.

[@jetli2086]

@@samk7717 except this isn’t just infantry rushing to well dug army , but Azerbaijan has completely dominated the air and done most damage from there

[@severed6s]

civilians on both sides were killed and displaced in the early 90s. The Madrid Principles would allow Armenians to return to their homes in Azerbaijan as well as vice versa.

[@MurCellic1903]

Maybe there was a glimpse of hope when Pashinyan was elected. But after all that happened, I don't think these 2 communities will forgive each other for another few decades.

[@campkira]

thing new confilect of interest... it is easy to go to war than divied and share...

[@r.v.b.4153]

It would be nice if the Armenians could return to the Shahumyan and other areas north of the Murovdag (Mrav) mountain range, and Azerbaijanis could return to the eastern shore of Lake Sevan

[@1oduvan]

@@MurCellic1903 Velvet revolution gave Azeris hope. But Pashinyan did everything worse, threw away the Madrid principles, acted provocatively. So in that regard despite being war criminals Kocharyan and Sargsyan acted in a more delicate way.

[@continentalrental2867]

campkira What makes you think Azerbaijan has control of the eastern shore of Sevan?

[@lars9881]

General Shirvan, you are a bold one

[@emilturangi7145]

Salam there!

[@dongster529]

last video we might see of Shirvan. RIP

[@kosadinos]

Excellent as usual!

[@andrewmcknight1194]

This channel kicks ass!! Awesome stuff! Please make more videos, I watch them every night!

[@ralexmarquez]

Great video. However for the first time, I feel Shirvan's conflict of interest shows (I understand Shirvan is Azeri). This feels like Azeri propaganda tbh. Could've been more balanced.

[@yourssincerely3349]

This is the case, when one side is totally right, but the other side can't be more wrong... This is so obvious that one thinks there must be a trick somewhere.

[@ralexmarquez]

@@yourssincerely3349 perhaps you're right. In that case Armenia has balls

[@buraksimsek7264]

@@ralexmarquez balls as in illegally occupying lands? genociding and displacing 1M people from their homelands, using child soldiers and spreading false claims and propaganda to raise tentions? you are out of your mind and no wonder you find this propaganda with that sick mentality of yours.

[@yourssincerely3349]

@@ralexmarquez, Armenia used Russia's balls😉 But now Russia's balls are having bad days😂

[@yourssincerely3349]

@@ralexmarquez, in Caucasus only Chechens had their own balls😂

[@OkThisllbeMyName]

Think you could've include the de facto population exchanges in the 1980s when talking about Karabakh, there were pogroms in Azerbaijan so while the exodus of the Karabakh Azeris are true it's just a part of the greater picture that occurs in the wake of USSR collapse. And there are more that could be covered about Turkey, Armenia and Azerbaijan policies and geopolitical goals and reasons why Azerbaijan restarted conflict, you probably know that but might get into trouble talking about that. I'd say this is obviously still slightly biased, but it's overall very objective, and probably the most objective reporting of the situation coming from an Azeri. Hope you're not currently in Azerbaijan though, might get into some serious trouble.

[@plotonapolonich5513]

What da heck are you talking about? What trouble? I am in Azerbaijan. Most Azerbaijanis know what Shirvan put out, and agree and support that position. No one is getting into "serious trouble". You must be a diaspora Armenian who has been brainwashed to think that.

[@minzblatt]

"exodus" you're calling it? ok.

[@MrPotanton]

@@plotonapolonich5513 hahah - please read my comment big man. 1000+ journalists in jail? No foreign journalists allowed in without supervision? 2.71 Democratic index score? Look all of this up my friend before getting all aggressive against Armenians. I'm of Armenian origin living in Belgium and have absolutely nothing against Azerbaijan or your people, only Aliyev and your current authoritariant dictatorship.

[@plotonapolonich5513]

@@MrPotanton i am also not very Azerbainani. I habe lived in US drom 17 till 34. And back home for the war. I will take a reasonably corrupt Aliyev any day than a democrat by the likes of Trump or Biden for that matter who by the push of an executive order influenced by the special interest groups causes an invasion and death of 100'000 citizens of a foreign country. I can give rats ass about a journalist eating up a few punches in a prison, and getting lets go after 30 days, than live all my life with the pain of 613 civilians having gotten nassacred and mutilated in #Khojali. Corruption and oppression in Azerbaijan is at extremely high level. It does not affect ordinary citizens. I stand 3 minutes in line ti get my passport & driver license renewed, whuch takes 8 hiurs in US. All duties, all budgetary items are transparent and legitimate. So what ruling family skims off the top? Where dont they do the same? Yiu think "candle of democracy" US went into Irak for anything other than run a budgetary deficit to skims off to the military-industrial complex or supply Dick Chaneys KBR with 20 billion dollar service contract? If you are then you are naive mynfriend. We live in a dangerous neighborhood, and never in our history EVER been so independent to garner our own national insterests. Aliyev problem is our problem, and it only affect us. Aliyev problem is not external. Opposition's main duke with him was his imability to do anything with Karabakh. People wanted war. People wanted memory and sacrifice of 20'000 heroes that were killed because of mythical "Great Armenia" ambitions of fascist "supreme race" of followers of Nazi collaborator, armenian national hero Garegin Nzdeh. Aliyev is our problem, and we will deal with that problem by appropriate means, at appropriate time. Now, we are united. More united than any nation can be at such moment. We are dealing with an adversary that has a collective psychological issues bordering with Nazi ideologies of supremacy of their own group, and fascism against civilians. When we finish with them, there will be time for internal deliberations. Those in the West pointing to the lack ofndevelopment of civil liberties or democratic institution at this moment pursue either of two agendas: 1) Aliyev is a dictator, and thus this war is imposed by him on his people. Thats bull shit, for the reason I described above. 2) Aliyev is a dictator, and thus how can Armenians in Karabakh agree to be ruled by him. Legitimate arguement, that I think will be a good pressure on the ruling party to be more liberal and open in the future. But in no way is inclusion of Armenian of Karabakh under Azerbaijani rule is a "downgrade" to the condition they live now under the illegal junta regime in terms of living standards or civil liberties. If you think a military regime that has committed #Khojali and has turned one of the most beautiful places on earth, #Karabakh into most militarized plot of land on the planet is more "free" you are even more naive than I hoped so.

[@mwfp1987]

Most unbiased from an Azeri or an Armenian for sure.

[@mosessumaoy]

You explain the issue better than Aljazeera and TRT 😊 TBH.

[@thomaslang7616]

TRT will obviously favor Azerbaijan so this does not say much... Al Jazeera is more balanced since even thought Arabs and Turks are both predominantly (but not entirely) Muslims, there has always been some trouble between them and many Armenians live in Lebanon (almost 4 percent of the population) and Syria (about ½ percent of the population) and they are very popular among the population there. But since the issue of Nagorno-Karabakh is not relevant for the Arab World an Arab news agency will never make a Video which is longer than 16 minutes on this conflict...

[@dipro001]

Oh man, never thought one of your videos would get so real for you so quickly. I guess this shows how the world can change over night.

[@emperor_ra]

Thank you Shirvan, hope you're well.

[@-morrow]

I'm not armenian, but this report seems somewhat one-sided. no mention of the ethnic cleansing of armeniens in azerbaijan or the destruction of armenian heritage, e.g. the cemetery in Julfa.

[@-morrow]

@@firephoenixgamers8590 shirvan is azerbaijani

[@axel665]

Actually he is azerbaijan

[@Kaizen917]

Looking at the big picture from the last 100 years, as an outsider, I cant help it think that most of Armenia's neighbours would love to see them deleted off the map. Most significantly, whether you wanna call it genocide or not in terms of what the Ottomans did to them during WW1, it practically wiped out a large chunk of their ethnic presence in the region.

[@tamerlanagayev785]

Theres armenian church in the middle of Baku. you look it up on google. while you do it look at juma mosque too and other mosques that has become resting place for pigs and cows.

[@robertoacciolymelo]

As always great video

[@davitsurguladze6643]

Which one do you prefer: Shirvan the bold or Shirvan the madman

[@bluemountain4181]

Shirvan the madlad

[@dinis8271]

Both are the same person. There is no line between bold and mad

[@meltup3668]

How about Shirvan the bold madman

[@mickey4125]

@@meltup3668 Shirvan the Madbold

[@forthepotentates7526]

Shiirvan the mudslime

[@salokin3087]

Just watching the Azeri footage of drone strikes just cleave through Armenian defenses, often with Russian equipment, with mere drones will shake up the military industrial market substantially

[@Felix-hu3ji]

there was destroyed equipment of the 60s-70s and 80s. the same Armenian air defense systems have been in service for more than 50 years And their missiles have a range of 20 km and UAVs have a range of 40 km. If the Armenians were Russian EW systems are not a drone would not have passed They were either destroyed or could take it and put there where they need And this was already in the Crimea in 2014, When the Russian system of electronic Warfare put a large American drone and completely studied

[@axel665]

Tbh modern drone warfare can be destroyed by fighter jets and. Missile system or other drone it's not possible in as drone have less paylaod

[@minzblatt]

@@axel665 You miss the obvious point here. You can produce drones 20x or 30x for the price of a fighter jet & no, you can equip them with fighting qualities such as new gen of Turkish drones (Akinci & Aksungur) with air-to-air missiles. In the end, it will be a numbers game and guess what, the unmanned swarms will be victorious in the end, cause the seasoned pilots will die, whilst the operators will sip on their mango tea in the central getting another mission with another batch of war equipment. I think everybody can understand it's not a matter of how, but a matter of when.

[@stoopid6036]

@@minzblatt exactly. Striking drones and squad level reconnaissance drones will be a massive part of warfare in the future, old soviet equipment has been obsolete since the gulf war tbh

[@user-FucXYou]

Conflict of Interest.

[@TiagoSalemaG]

@Erx touche

[@TheSm1thers]

Wouldn't it be nice if all the districts decided their allegiance via self-determination while Armenia and Azerbaijan join an agreement for free trade, easy travel and mutual security between the two to link each country's exclaves? Sadly it never seems to work like that in reality.

[@marvinmerten7112]

Sadly logic and reasoning don't rule but feelings and ideology do.

[@arandomguy007]

Why does Azerbaijan allow their territories occupied by Armenia

[@m00semanus]

Given that Artsakh/NK belonged to the Armenian people since prehistory, makes sense for Armenia to control it. Remember there is a nice chunk of Azerbaijan that is an exclave in the middle of Armenia and they’re not claiming it. Being surrounded by a country doesn’t count as a valid land claim.

[@Kameeho]

Top tier journalism as usual, despite being Azeri, still manage to keep most of the bias aside. But Shurvan does preach the most important thing of all, "Regardless of borders and interests, Armenia and Azerbaijan will still remain neighbours. And we are better off being good neighbours than one in constant state of conflict"

[@CaspianReport]

I recall saying that on Twitter, but yeah; Azerbaijanis and Armenians will remain neighbours indefinitely. Better to awknowledge each other's boundaries and rediscover how to co-exist. Karabakh doesn't need to be a mono-ethnic space.

[@0799qwertzuiop]

I do think he leans to the Azeri side. To me it looks like that Azerbaijan initiated the current episode of the war. Is Azerbaijan in it's right to do this? ... probably, but killing people is always moraly questionable

[@kalomboC]

He's given a pretty objective narrative, though he has not given enough time to what the possible practical reactions from Iran, Turkey and Russia will be if the conflict advances further in Azerbaijan's favour. Can Iran meaningfully influence the conflict with its paramilitary proxies but a strained economy?

[@Kameeho]

@@0799qwertzuiop yes, which is why i said mostly, it is pretty neutral standpoint, and very so consider he is a citizen of said country that is currently in the conflict. Where very often, staying neutral can quickly be seen as something traitorous. Avoiding to prying to much in the cause of the conflict, and rather focus on the current status of the conflict itself.

[@severed6s]

yes. also it has been independently confirmed that for this current conflict Azerbaijan attacked first.

[@bannanachops]

I know that the narrator and writer is actually from Azerbaijan. The way he was able to talk about it and be impartial is extremely impressive. I'd like to think I'd be as fair as possible about any conflict going on in the world. But it must be hard not to be emotional when it comes to your own country. Fair play Caspain Ropert. :)

[@bipboup7761]

He is totally biased, he want to look impartial, it is diffdrent

[@dumigamez397]

@@bipboup7761 ?

[@Chiragh_K]

it's shocking you think he was being impartial! everything he mentioned was to say how azeris were the ones being hunted down!

[@timor64]

@@bipboup7761 OK so if he is totally biased, perhaps you could say why? And I don't mean by replying x-thousand innocent Armenians were murdered, because in the blink of an eye we will get to "whatabout the x-thousand Azerbaijanis who were murdered?" I am sure terrible crimes have been committed in this seemingly endless conflict. But is it true, did Yerevan have the opportunity to start to work through the Madrid process, and for example, start returning some land ? Or what made that impossible?

[@user-hh2is9kg9j]

Was waiting for you to clarify this confusing conflict.

[@DMX-du9mn]

Armenia did not support returning of Georgian refugees to Abkhazia, why you expect they support returning of Azerbaijani refugee into Armenia occupied territories? Make no sense

[@DMX-du9mn]

@@azerbaijan8144 Separatism is unacceptable. Karabakh is UN recognized part of Azerbaijan

[@Horaypa]

@Artr Thormodr It became that way after 80% of Abkhazians were deported from their homeland by Russians. The whole Caucasus colonized by Russia with the help of Georgians who granted navel Base for Russians which became instrumental for the region being invaded. Most of the Georgians in Abkhazia were brought in during (Beloved Georgian butcher) the Stalin period. I would say 80% of the Migrelians were settled during this period for the purpose of taking over Abkhazia. It was Stalin who reduced Abkhazia's status from the independent Socialist Republic to the Autonomous Republic of Georgia. There is also an issue between Georgia and Armenians about the status of Javakheti was ethnic Armenian majority. If Armenia was not landlocked and can not afford to lose Georgian connection. This would be another trouble spot.

[@88smokes]

We don't expect anything, we act upon our duties.

[@elel2017]

@@azerbaijan8144 do not say allah if u follow aliyev the zionist

[@nedkelly940]

Arpi Khachatryan. Watch my videos. I support Armenia

[@Alexander99602]

When the guy behind the channel speaking, is in Baku, and this war broke out, I really thought, will he do a video on it?

[@togrul4302]

Well he is not in Baku.

[@Alexander99602]

@@togrul4302 you sure? I've heard in one of his videos where he said he lives in baku

[@togrul4302]

@@Alexander99602 my latest info was that he lives in Europe. But still, it does not matter. Anything he said can be checked in online available resources. That is why I don't think that he is biased, because of place where he lives.

[@markm5758]

@@togrul4302 umm newsflash...baku is in europe

[@mikesteps26]

@@markm5758 Baku is not in Europe😂 Anywhere that’s a short ferry ride from Turkmenistan is not considered European in anyone’s language

[@aussieboy4090]

Just a heads up guys the host is from Azerbaijan. I'm not trying to discredit people but the viewers should be made aware.

[@SovetskieSoldat]

CaspianReport has been credible and unbiased in all of his videos. You are implying a bias, which is wrong. Must be an armenian.

[@hamiddoueihi7658]

Obviously !!! Good comment

[@ziadhaithemamin1431]

@@SovetskieSoldat his name is literally aussie boy XDDDDD

[@hassam171]

To be fair, it’s hard to watch any video on this topic without it being biased. This video was well done. I have been watching this guy for a very long time and every video he has done it was informative

[@slowdown7x]

Oh no, it doesn't fit the Armenian interest, so it can't be unbiased. Is definitely more neutral than most Armenian claims.

[@hasanzadeaynur]

Good job, Shirvan. Like all your videos

[@ahrorkuldashev9603]

Hopefully you make something about the latest developments. Would love to watch your analysis on that.

[@liledg2357]

Hey Shirvan, I'm an Armenian who has been following the videos on your channel for a while and i find them really interesting. But i found this video a little biased, though not to a big extent. 1) What we need to mention here is that the fight was started by the Azerbaijani forces(because they need to reclaim the territory) 2) During the war in the 90's Armenians took the adjacent parts of Azerbaijan because there was no other option, as it needed to be directly connected to Armenia. 3)Azerbaijan has been getting massive support from Turkey during this war. May it be new equipment, or hired jihadists from Syria and other countries(which Azerbaijan denies ofc). 4)Azerbaijan has been shelling civilian populated regions in Karabagh(there are videos of them using cluster bombs, an internationally banned ammunition because of it destructive power to civilians), though i cannot argue that Armenia hasn't done the same as revenge. Overall I get that you are from Azerbaijan and that the video may be a little biased, I would do the same too unconsciously If I were to make a video on the confilict. Anyways, stay safe out there, I hope this all will be finished soon with peace.

[@haranpradhan6099]

Armenia jitega

[@fridgoltsfarb7206]

6)Armenia gets extremist supporters from Lebanon

[@a.zeinab]

7) Armenia attacks the cities which are located far from conflict zone.

[@True_koala]

8) Armenia did start the war in 1990 so why can't Azerbaijan start it now what a stupid argument. Doing a ethnic cleansing in katabagh to the Azerbaijanis and playing the victim roll. I hope Azerbaijan bombs Yerevan so u understand the fact that the war should stay in the conflict area

[@yardzy]

8 million well armed Azeris don't need 1000 so called Syrian fighters to beat Armenia ... Logic 101 ... Evidence is king .,.

[@ijebu-london]

The war is as a result of two viewpoints a country's legal right to territorial integrity (Azerbaijan) or does a group of people have a legal right to self-determination (Nagorno-Karabakh). I felt that this report was biased mostly towards the Azerbaijan side.

[@lashachakhunashvili1399]

Why not both? Self-determination without violating territorial sovereignty, the former doesn't necessarily imply secession. This messy conflict (inflated by toxic nationalisms from both sides) should and can be solved by guaranteeing the long-aspired self-determination to the NK Armenians within the Azerbaijani borders, the rest are technical issues.

[@microwaveenthusiast7410]

Shirvan clearly stated that an autonomous Regime in Nagorno Karabakh under Azerbaijan is the best solution. The rest of the districts need to be given back to Azerbaijan though as Azeris were majority in those areas. Armenia simply does not want to give the districts back that's why this conflict has been going on this long.

[@ijebu-london]

@@lashachakhunashvili1399 Shirvan report does not mention the potential religious consequences. A Christian state and a Muslim state. Can they live together peacefully?

[@kcbikz3097]

After the Peace deal, The Battleground was turned into Yerevan from Nagorno Karabakh🤦😂

[@donaldgeorge3717]

Sahol thanks for this video.hope for peace.

[@dimitriiobadze9995]

The most informative and rightly analyzed video about this topic ! Please make such video about Abkhazia and so called South Ossetia conflicts :)

[@enesakhan4032]

i give a big chunk of a "YES" to that my friend

[@TheWorldsBestPilot]

Yay another video!

[@setflavius8049]

This cleared a lot of things up for me. Thank you

[@yonduudonta8517]

The guy is biased as hell.

[@rosedar2005]

Very well made and explained video.

[@BoskoBuha99]

I've criticised Shirvans objectivity before but i still enjoy watching his videos :)

[@therealdave06]

criticise objectivity? isn't that the point, you want him to be biased?

[@mcul3474]

@@therealdave06 reread please.

[@BoskoBuha99]

@@therealdave06 or lack of it...

[@therealdave06]

@@mcul3474 objectivity means to be unbiased, subjectivity means to be biased. Being objective is a good thing here

[@therealdave06]

@@BoskoBuha99 objectivity means to be unbiased, subjectivity means to be biased. Being objective is a good thing here

[@isaacchalaby4149]

There are plenty of countries on the globe having places where other ethnicities outnumber the main ethnic group of that country. None of them would consent to giving away part of their land. Being a majority in a particular place should not give you a right to build your own troops that causes armed conflict and thus break the territorial integrity of that country.

[@petitwhite6366]

So true. Azerbaijan people are made up of many ethnicity but they all call themselves Azeris except those Armenians. They think that they can carved out their own country inside Azerbaijan.

[@jcoludar]

Why do you value "territorial integrity" over people who live on that territory? I do not have any vested interest in the conflict, but I find it highly bigoted to hold a made-up thing (national borders) over humans those borders are made for.

[@jamesjameson4329]

@@jcoludar If only it was as straightforward as you think. But it's not.

[@petitwhite6366]

@@jcoludar Azerbaijan is made up of many different ethnicities but they call themselves Azerbaijanis except Armenians in NK because they are the majority. NK is at the border but not exactly at the border with Armenia. Why would Azerbaijan allow Armenians carve out a piece of land in the middle of Azerbaijan? Why can't these Armenians accept Azerbaijani citizenship and live in peace with the rest of the many ethnicities in Azerbaijan? It's like saying that Dagestan can separate from Russia because they are Dagestanis and Muslims. Would you think that Russia allow if Dagestan demand to separate from Russia?

[@jcoludar]

@@petitwhite6366 I am not talking about what Russia or Azerbaijan would allow, more about why do we think that the notion of borders has any merit to it when it clearly creates all sorts of possible conflicts. I am totally up for everybody living in peace, but the idea that "this land is MY land" is clearly flawed and belongs to the past. Russia could not allow Chechnya to separate (though it absolutely should have), but what old dudes in their Ivory Towers decide is not the measurement of what we, humans here in this thread, should consider as valuable. Borders have been invented (~4Kish years ago) and there will be a time when they will be phased out. It is only an idea, and quite an obsolete idea at that, it rests on the desire of those who have the power to control those who do not.

[@xaganbaycan7618]

Very nice explanation...👏👏👏👏

[@bronson7279]

Well made and researched.

[@germanleben8297]

I was waiting for this video from you, wasn't sure if you'd issue it, since you are from Azerbaijan, and it might be difficult to remain impartial. But here it is

[@alessandroturci6750]

Your videos are very in-depht and interesting! International politics always leave me a bad feeling but it's better knowing these facts than ignoring them. Thanks for that :)

[@emperorpalpatine6239]

He literally swept under the rug all the pogroms and ethnic cleansing committed against Armenians

[@thatone1280]

Great video

[@ragmongo]

Very educational

[@laudsrealm188]

Been waiting for my boy Shirvan to cover this topic 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

[@cossackhistorian7425]

Don’t forget about the hundreds of thousands of Armenians expelled from Azerbaijan

[@madjack6667]

Don’t forget about the hundreds of thousands of Azerbaijanis expelled from Armenia

[@cossackhistorian7425]

@@madjack6667 he didn’t, he mentioned that in the video

[@plotonapolonich5513]

Those were reactionary to Armenian separatism. Example 10% of Chechnya is Russian. Chechnya wants independence, keeps terrorising local Russians, continues 100 yrs old (in 1897 50% of Yerevan was Azerbaijani) systematic deportation of Russian. Russians start move to Moscow, and demand gov't to expell Chechens from Moscow in retaliation. Moscow resists for 2 years and eventually gives way after separatism arm themselves and start shooting, no not peaceful anymore.

[@drakensangminecraft]

@@cossackhistorian7425 he mentioned Azerbaijans expelled from Azerbaijan(Karabakh). But didnt say about Azerbaijans expelled from armenia.

[@ReichLife]

@@drakensangminecraft Numbers he provided though are combined from both Armenia and Karabakh. Either mistake or manipulation on his side.

[@mikestafford6900]

Glad to hear you're alive!

[@UlviNusal]

Result: Armenia lied to its people till the very end that "they are winning". And Azerbaijan won the war and own territory.

[@saked9125]

To copy my comment from a thread somewhere else: an analysis from a Western European, so a relatively neutral outsider: Both the war, with the past the way it has been for a long time; as well as the current move by the Armenian government were unavoidable. Although the surrendering was controversial, it is probably understandable. Here’s why: If Armenia didn’t surrender, the Azeri’s would’ve taken all of Nagorno-Karabach and maybe even invaded Armenia. It’s just that this would have not benefitted Russia, so Russia put a halt to it. Azerbaijan isn’t satisfied yet, even now..... (dictatorship vs. Armenian democracy (although to be fair Armenia’s democracy is also pretty corrupt and unstable)) Why this happened? Simple. Azerbaijan has become MUCH more powerful than Armenia these last decades. How? Money from OIL. The good old “black gold” has caused a war yet again.... it’s the Gulf Wars, Yemen, and even Africa all over again...... Fossil fuel capital on a worldwide scale unfortunately is like a lottery most of the time: some countries get all, some get nothing. The only silver lining is that with rapid transitions to renewable energy, the value of heavily physical location based fossil fuels like oil, will steadily decrease in the future. So countries becoming rich of lucky findings in their soil will eventually become a thing of the past. Not yet though. Climate change will create new conflict areas near and in the polar regions (for example due to the melting of permafrost)

[@Playstation.Ukraine]

Teach history man before writing a comment

[@matthiuskoenig3378]

renewable energy is also location-based, not all countries have the ability to use geothermal, wind or hydroelectric power, and solar requires rare (and toxic) heavy metals. it will just result in a shift on which locations are important, although at least i think these locations are more common.

[@JamesCourse66]

The one time “shots were fired” is no joke...

[@OrkhanAhmadli]

Thank you for making a video and explaining the situation.

[@Makaveli175]

Armenia has surrendered

[@uniuni8855]

I would call that "sold"

[@speartongamer6080]

@@uniuni8855 no Armenia diffidently surrendered.

[@zeon6677]

Winner Azerbaijan

[@gulnar122]

yes, they admit they lost, and signed capitulation

[@saked9125]

If Armenia didn’t surrender, the Azeri’s would’ve taken all of Nagorno-Karabach and maybe even invaded Armenia. It’s just that this would have not benefitted Russia, so Russia put a halt to it. Azerbaijan isn’t satisfied yet..... (dictatorship vs. Armenian democracy (although to be fair Armenia’s democracy is also pretty corrupt)) Why this happened? Simple. Azerbaijan has become MUCH more powerful than Armenia these last decades. How? Money from OIL. The good old “black gold” has caused a war yet again.... it’s the Gulf Wars, Yemen, and even Africa all over again...... Fossil fuel capital on a worldwide scale unfortunately is like a lottery most of the time. The only silver lining is that with rapid transitions to renewable energy, the value of heavily physical location based fossil fuels like oil, will steadily decrease in the future. So countries becoming rich of lucky findings in their soil will eventually become a thing of the past. Not yet though. Climate change will create new conflict areas near and in the polar regions (for example due to the melting of permafrost)

[@MrOssyMoro]

"Soviet union made different nationalities enemies to each others" "during soviet era Azerbaijans and Armenians were friends" 🤔

[@muratonuryilmaz5385]

Man todays Armenia was Azerbaijan at start of 1820 then russian empire killed azerbaijan turks and replace them with armenians , before this areas population was >%80 Azerbaijan turk . USSR just a part of rivalry . Oh and azerbaijan is turkic they come from same turkic group with anatolian turks

[@jirislavicek9954]

It seems contradictory but it's true. The root cause was the border line gerrymandering done by USSR to suit Russian needs not the needs either of the two countries. Any nationalist movement during the Soviet era was out of question with KGB present everywhere. So people were friends. After it's collapse the pot exploded and people thus became enemies. Similar case was the disintegration of Yugoslavia.

[@emilturangi7145]

Yes dude. He said about INDIVIDUALS, but nations as states were driven in hate due to the border issue. Think dude think

[@TreiPani]

The balls on this man, just so we can stay informed. Thank you Shirvan!

[@narektsarukyan7022]

What balls?! The guy lives in Baku and writes form Baku. In his country. What is the risk here. Is there something I don’t understand?!

[@icostaticrebound6007]

While this video was very informative and interesting I think its important to note that Shirvan is ethnically Azerbaijani, and as such he likely has a pro-Azerbaijani stance, whether conscious or unconscious.

[@tebo4681]

In this conflict, it is really the case that one party is pretty much very wrong, and the other party is pretty much very right. No matter what, when someone tells the truth about the conflict, people think that it must be biased because it is so obvious who is right and who is wrong from the legal perspective. Attempts to describe this conflict in a "more balanced" way have always led to Armenia gaining from such coverage, i.e. the wrong party being unjustly rewarded for being wrong.

[@icostaticrebound6007]

@@tebo4681 Still doesn't nullify my point

[@tebo4681]

@@icostaticrebound6007 No one is telling you to believe or not believe this video by 100%. Yes, the guy is Azerbaijani. If someone is interested to really learn the truth, they are free to take into account this video and do any other further research they like. All I'm saying is that the info given here is quite correct, according to what I had already known before seeing it

[@petertimowreef9085]

​@@tebo4681 I think @To Be is right, it is virtually impossible to make an unbiased report about a conflict your motherland is so intimately involved in. The video would've gained authority if their makers had recognised that fact.

[@Johanfriesen]

Great explanation

[@masafelipe7033]

Momentum is on Azeri side, they have more money, guns and manpower. Wide autonomy for Nagorno-Karabah within Azeri borders and with international supervision is probably the best option for Armenians long term. In Ex Yugoslavia there was a simmilar solution attempted at solving the question of Serbs in Croatia, they rejected it until was too late. So called Z4 plan. This conflict morbidly resembles it. Like someone has a friggin blueprint.