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Karabakh refugees cross to Armenia as Azerbaijan takes control

September 24, 2023 admin

Ethnic Armenian refugees began to leave Nagorno-Karabakh on Sunday for the first time since Azerbaijan launched an offensive designed to seize control of the breakaway territory and perhaps end a three-decade-old conflict. This week’s lightning operation could mark a historic geopolitical shift, with Azerbaijan victorious over the separatists and Armenia now publicly distancing itself from…

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Aid shipments and evacuations as Azerbaijan reasserts control over breakaway province

September 24, 2023 admin

More badly needed humanitarian aid was on its way to the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh via both Azerbaijan and Armenia on Saturday. The development comes days after Baku reclaimed control of the province and began talks with representatives of its ethnic Armenian population on reintegrating the area, prompting some residents to flee their homes for…

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Azerbaijan Claims Victory After Armenia Controlled Karabakh Separatists Surrender

September 20, 2023 admin

The war left 30,000 people dead and forced hundreds of thousands from their homes. Baku: Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev said Wednesday his country had regained control over breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh, after separatist Armenian fighters agreed to lay down their arms in the face of a military operation. The stunning collapse of separatist resistance represents a major…

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Azerbaijan and Armenian forces reach cease-fire deal for breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh, officials say

September 20, 2023 admin

A view shows a damaged residential building and cars following the launch of a military operation by Azerbaijani armed forces in the city of Stepanakert in Nagorno-Karabakh, a region inhabited by ethnic Armenians, on September 19, 2023. Photo: Siranush Sargsyan/Pan Photo via Reuters A cease-fire agreement with Azerbaijan was reached on September 20 to end…

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Armenia PM says Azerbaijan preparing ‘military provocation’

September 7, 2023 admin

Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said Azerbaijan is “concentrating” troops on the border and also near the mountainous Karabakh region controlled by separatists. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Armenia on September 7 accused Azerbaijan of preparing a military provocation against its forces by concentrating troops along the arch-foes’ shared border and near the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh…

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Four Armenian troops killed in clash with Azerbaijan

September 1, 2023 admin

Four Armenian servicemen were killed and three Azerbaijani soldiers wounded on Friday, the two countries said, as they accused each other of engaging in a new round of clashes. Tensions between Baku and Yerevan have escalated sharply in recent months, as both sides accuse the other of cross-border attacks. “As a result of an Azerbaijani…

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