auto-update week 39

middle-east/am.json

@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
       }
     },
     "Ethnic groups": {
-      "text": "Armenian 98.1%, Yezidi (Kurd) 1.2%, other 0.7% (2011 est.)"
+      "text": "Armenian 98.1%, Yezidi 1.2%, other 0.7% (2011 est.)"
     },
     "Languages": {
       "Languages": {
@@ -1210,7 +1210,7 @@
       "note": "<strong>note:</strong> as of 2021, conscripts comprised about half of the military's active personnel; as of 2018, women made up about 13% of the active duty military; the Armenian Army established its first all-women combat unit in 2020"
     },
     "Military - note": {
-      "text": "the Armenian Armed Forces were officially established in 1992, although their origins go back to 1918; the modern military’s missions include deterrence, territorial defense, crisis management, humanitarian assistance, and disaster response, as well as socio-economic development projects; territorial defense is its primary focus, particularly in regards to ongoing tensions with neighboring Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh region; from the early 1990s until 2022, Armenian military forces worked closely with the “Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army” (aka “Artsakh Defense Army”) to provide defense and security for Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions; Armenia and Azerbaijan had significant military clashes over the area in 1991-94 and 2020, plus a brief flare up in 2016; the six-week 2020 conflict resulted in an Armenian defeat, and almost 2,000 Russian peacekeeping troops were deployed to the area in and around Nagorno-Karabakh as part of a Russian-brokered cease-fire agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan; the agreement required Armenia to withdraw its military forces from Nagorno-Karabakh, and Armenia claimed this withdrawal was completed as of August 2022; nevertheless, tensions remain high with Azerbaijan accusing Armenia of secretly continuing to provide weapons, supplies, and troops to Nagorno-Karabakh; cease-fire violations across the Armenia-Azerbaijan border and the line of contact between Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan occur regularly; since 2021, a series of small scale clashes have also occurred between Armenia and Azerbaijan along their border; in addition, Armenia has accused Azerbaijani forces of multiple border intrusions and seizing parts of sovereign Armenian territory<br><br>the bulk of the Armenian military’s ground combat forces are organized into five small corps that are  typically comprised of one or more Soviet-style “motorized rifle” (mechanized infantry) regiments, plus supporting units of artillery, reconnaissance, and tank forces; there are also separate artillery, air defense, battlefield rockets, and special operations forces; four of the five corps are typically deployed along the border with Azerbaijan with the fifth deployed along the border with Turkey; the ground forces also have a peacekeeping brigade; the air combat forces consist of small numbers of Soviet-era ground attack aircraft and attack helicopters; Armenia is landlocked so it has no naval forces  <br><br>Armenia has close military ties with Russia and hosts Russian military forces at two bases, as well as Russian border guards along multiple border areas; it has been a member of the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) since 1994 and committed troops to CSTO's rapid reaction force; Armenia has relations with NATO going back to 1992 when Armenia joined the North Atlantic Cooperation Council; in 1994, it joined NATO’s Partnership for Peace program and has contributed to the NATO force in Kosovo, as well as the former NATO deployment in Afghanistan (2023)"
+      "text": "the Armenian Armed Forces were officially established in 1992, although their origins go back to 1918; the modern military’s missions include deterrence, territorial defense, crisis management, humanitarian assistance, and disaster response, as well as socio-economic development projects; territorial defense is its primary focus, particularly in regards to tensions with neighboring Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh region; from the early 1990s until 2022, Armenian military forces worked closely with the “Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army” (aka “Artsakh Defense Army”) to provide defense and security for Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions; Armenia and Azerbaijan engaged in open conflicts over the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave in 1991-94 and 2020, plus a brief flare-up in 2016; tensions continued following the 2020 conflict; Azerbaijan seized the entire enclave in 2023 <br><br>the bulk of the Armenian military’s ground combat forces are organized into five small corps that are  typically comprised of one or more Soviet-style “motorized rifle” (mechanized infantry) regiments, plus supporting units of artillery, reconnaissance, and tank forces; there are also separate artillery, air defense, battlefield rockets, and special operations forces; four of the five corps are typically deployed along the border with Azerbaijan with the fifth deployed along the border with Turkey; the ground forces also have a peacekeeping brigade; the air combat forces consist of small numbers of Soviet-era ground attack aircraft and attack helicopters; Armenia is landlocked so it has no naval forces  <br><br>Armenia has close military ties with Russia and hosts Russian military forces at two bases, as well as Russian border guards along multiple border areas; it has been a member of the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) since 1994 and committed troops to CSTO's rapid reaction force; Armenia has relations with NATO going back to 1992 when Armenia joined the North Atlantic Cooperation Council; in 1994, it joined NATO’s Partnership for Peace program and has contributed to the NATO force in Kosovo, as well as the former NATO deployment in Afghanistan (2023)"
     }
   },
   "Space": {