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Scores are dead in gas station blast as Nagorno-Karabakh residents flee to Armenia

6:11pm September 26, 2023

by The Associated Press

Separatist authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh said scores of people were killed and nearly 300 others injured by an explosion at a gas station as people seeking to flee to Armenia lined up for fuel.

In this photo taken from video released by Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023, smoke rises over an area which Azerbaijan says hosts Armenian forces' positions in the breakaway territory of Nagorno-Karabakh in Azerbaijan.

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With Russia distracted in Ukraine, Azerbaijan launches attack on Armenian enclave

3:03pm September 19, 2023

by Charles Maynes

Azerbaijan has renewed efforts to regain control of Nagorno-Karabkh, a disputed enclave with a majority ethnic Armenian population and a decades-long source of conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia.

Soldiers carry coffins during funerals at a military cemetery in Yerevan, Armenia's capital, on March 2, 2021, for fighters killed during the war in Nagorno-Karabakh.

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The deadly clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh, explained

8:26am September 19, 2022

Hostilities began anew last week between the two countries in the deadliest spate of violence since 2020, though a cease-fire reached on Wednesday put a temporary stop to the bloodshed.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan speaking at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 2019.

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Armenia's Prime Minister Calls On Supporters To Rally Against A Possible Coup

11:10am February 25, 2021

by Scott Neuman

Nikol Pashinyan warned of a military takeover after the army issued a statement demanding he step down following last year's disastrous conflict over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Police look on as a woman shouts among protesters who have stormed Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's office after the announcement of a peace deal in the war between Armenia and Azerbaijan on Tuesday.

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Latest Cease-Fire In Nagorno-Karabakh Leaves Armenians Feeling Betrayed By Government

10:48am November 10, 2020

by Scott Neuman

The announcement of the Kremlin-backed deal sparked unrest in Armenia, where protesters took to the streets and stormed the main government building to oppose a deal they see as one-sided.

Flowers, stuffed animals and photographs of victims of the renewed fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh have piled up outside the Azerbaijani Embassy in Moscow.

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'The Wound Is Very Deep': Azerbaijanis And Armenians In Russia Long For Peace

11:00pm November 05, 2020

by Lucian Kim

The fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh has touched the lives of hundreds of thousands of Azerbaijanis and Armenians who call Russia home.

Smoke rises after shelling by Azerbaijan's artillery in Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh, on Saturday.

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Nagorno-Karabakh: U.S.-Brokered Cease-Fire Falters Soon After It Starts

2:42pm October 26, 2020

by Lucian Kim

The U.S.-brokered truce — the third attempt by outside powers to end hostilities that erupted a month ago — went into effect early Monday. But the two sides quickly accused each other of violating it.

A burned helmet lying on the ground of the hospital in Martakert, a day after shelling during the ongoing fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Opinion: The U.S. Can't Afford To Ignore The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict

7:01am October 24, 2020

by Philip Breedlove

Risks of a wider conflict are too high. The U.S. should use diplomacy to stop the fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan, writes Gen. Philip Breedlove, former NATO supreme commander in Europe.

Movsumov Qowkar, 32, checks his neighbor's home damaged by shelling in the city of Terter early on Sunday.

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Armenia, Azerbaijan Accuse Each Other Of Breaking Latest Cease-Fire Within Minutes

9:13pm October 18, 2020

by Rachel Treisman

Each country said the other had promptly violated a humanitarian truce that took effect at midnight on Sunday, as fighting continues over the long-disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.

An wounded Armenian soldier getting treatment in the basement of a medical center on Wednesday outside the city of Stepanakert, in the Nagorno-Karabakh region.

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Azerbaijan, Armenia Trade Accusations Of Breaking Cease-Fire In Nagorno-Karabakh

5:31pm October 14, 2020

by Scott Neuman

The conflict over the disputed territory that broke away more than two decades ago appears to rage on despite the truce brokered by Moscow over the weekend.