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25 Feb, 11 tweets, 7 min read
#BREAKING Armenian prime minister denounces attempted 'military coup'
#BREAKING Armenia PM fires head of armed forces after 'attempted coup'
#UPDATE Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has denounced "an attempted military coup" and called on his supporters to take to the streets, after the country's top military brass demanded his resignation
u.afp.com/UcVv
#UPDATE Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan marches through the streets of the capital Yerevan with his supporters after accusing the military of mounting an attempted coup
#BREAKING Armenian opposition warns PM of 'last chance' to resign
VIDEO: Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan marches through the streets of the capital Yerevan with his supporters after accusing the military of mounting an attempted coup
#UPDATE Armenian PM tells the military to 'obey the people' and 'do your job' as he addresses 20,000 supporters in Yerevan
#UPDATE Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has accused the military of an attempted coup and brought supporters to the streets of Yerevan, as months of tensions over its defeat in last year's war with Azerbaijan came to a head
u.afp.com/UcyM
#BREAKING Armenia defence ministry says 'unacceptable' to involve army in politics after military call on PM to resign
#UPDATE Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol #Pashinyan accused the military of an attempted coup Thursday and brought supporters onto the streets, as months of tensions over its defeat in last year's war with Azerbaijan came to a head u.afp.com/Ucta
#BREAKING US warns Armenia armed forces not to 'intervene' in government

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