Jirair Sefilian
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Jirair Simoni Sefilian is a Lebanese-born Armenian military commander and political activist. During the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, he commanded the Shushi special military battalion, playing a signi
Sefilian in 2020
Sefilian in Yerevan, 2009
A poster from the Sefilian-led anti-government organization
Jirair Sefilian, Petros Makeyan, Varuzan Avetisyan, Hmayak Hovhannisyan, and Garegin Chugasyan at a rally in Freedom Square (December 2015)
The Armenian political crisis started in 2020 with the Azerbaijani offensive against the self-declared Republic of Artsakh which triggered mass protests in Armenia. The crisis escalated after the Russ
The 2018 Velvet Revolution ousted the pro-Russian government of Serzh Sargsyan in favor of the pro-Western Nikol Pashinyan.
The Armenian General Staff, led by Onik Gasparyan in the middle, meeting with the Russian General Staff to "discuss cooperation in the military sphere" in 2020.
September 2022 would see Azerbaijani forces directly attack Armenia, when Armenia triggered the CSTO mutual defense clause, Russia and the CSTO refused to come to their aid.
The Azeri military checkpoint that closed the Lachin corridor, cutting off Artsakh from Armenia.