Spiritual leadership of Armed Forces dissolved. Kocharyan’s proposal. Turkish Oz against Armenians. AlphaNewsroom. 01/30/26
January 30 2026, 21:00
Today in Alpha Newsroom:
🔹 By order of the Minister of Defense, the spiritual leadership of the Armed Forces of Armenia has been dissolved
🔹 A new criminal case against the Church: attempts are being made to ban the Catholicos of All Armenians from leaving Armenia and to obstruct the convening of the Episcopal Assembly. Why is this assembly so important?
🔹 Risks threatening Armenia and possible solutions: what did Armenia’s second president Kocharyan propose? Political analyst Beniamin Matevosyan live on Alpha News
🔹 AlphaNews’ questions and Maria Zakharova’s responses
🔹 A Turkish official linked to Trump, and a fan of Erdogan, toured Armenian neighborhoods in Los Angeles. Standing beneath signs reading Tigranakert and Cilicia, he accused Armenians of fraud
🔹 In Los Angeles, a petition condemning the leader who joined Pashinyan and supporting the Catholicos has been launched – faithful members of the Armenian Apostolic Church’s Western Diocese, Yunona Hakobjanyan and Tigran Nikoghosyan, live on Alpha News
🔹 The presidents of Turkey and Iran hold a phone conversation while Iran’s foreign minister is in Turkey; Trump threatens to strike Iran; Turks threaten Kurds with bloodshed; meanwhile, Pashinyan and his band are giving a concert tonight