Arabo Battalion

The Volunteer Arabo Detachment (Արաբո կամավորական ջոկատ) or Arabo Battalion was a paramilitary Armenian volunteer unit during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, composed of ethnic Armenians from mainly Armenia and Karabakh, as well as Armenians from abroad. It was an ARF-affiliated unit.
History.
The group was originally called Garegin Njde. However, the emergence of a group called "Garegin Njde" among other Armenian groups led to the change of the group's name to "Arabo". "Arabo" was the pseudonym of Arakel Avedisian, who revolted against the Ottomans in the 19th century and was eventually killed by Kurdish groups. The group was established in Yerevan in October 1989 with the participation of Armenian nationalists from Lebanon, Palestine, Syria and France, as well as experienced officers and servicemen who served in the Soviet Army. On 9 October 1989, the number of members of the group was 24, and on January 19, 1989, the number of members of the group increased with the arrival of groups of 10, 15, 20. 
Operaitons.
At the initial stage, Arabo operated along the Armenia–Azerbaijan border. Arabo personnel took part in the Capture of Garadaghly against the orders of Monte Melkonian, with fighters from the battalion, alongside personnel from othe rvolunteer units, gathering over three dozen Azerbaijani captives and killing them, as a way to "avenge" the death of another comrade the day before". More than 80 members of the Arabo Battalion were killed on June 29, 1992 during the Hasangaya Operation in Aghdara conducted by the Ganja Battalion together with the Tartar Territorial Self-Defense Battalion.
Post-war.
The battalion has long been forgotten missing in Armenia. It only came up again in the mainstream in 2008 after the distribution of historical footage of the bodies of battalion members on YouTube.