Almost all ethnic Armenians have fled Nagorno-Karabakh in a mass exodus
Nearly the entire ethnic-Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh has fled to neighboring Armenia after Azerbaijan assumed control of the enclave.
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The fall of an enclave in Azerbaijan stuns the Armenian diaspora, shattering a dream
The swift fall of the ethnic Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh to Azerbaijani troops and exodus of much of its population has stunned the large Armenian diaspora around the world.