Haunting photos show the devastation of Nagorno-Karabakh’s ongoing conflict: The Washington Post

Emil Lazarian News 
Photos by Anush Babajanyan

 

– Anush Babajanyan, a photojournalist from Armenia and a member of the 4Plus collective, traveled to Nagorno-Karabakh by minibus to cover the conflict during the recent escalation.

She found a soldier returning to war on the bus as well as families who were forced to leave, frustrated and scared.

“The people expected the military to hit military posts, not a village” says Babajanyan. “There is no question that these people will fight for their land.”

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS