Azerbaijan and Armenia clash over disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region

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Source: BBC News

Clashes have begun between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, with at least one Azerbaijani helicopter shot down.

Armenia said Azerbaijan had launched an air and artillery attack. It later declared martial law and total military mobilisation.

Azerbaijan said it was responding to shelling along the whole front. Both sides have reported civilian deaths.
The long-running conflict has flared up again in recent months.

Russia's Foreign Ministry called for an immediate ceasefire and talks to stabilise the situation.

Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54314341

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From https://apnews.com/article/archive-armenia-azerbaijan-19faa7ac72b4024b67a0c0d2ba6ae27d

Fighting erupts between Armenia, Azerbaijan in disputed area

By AVET DEMOURIAN
an hour ago

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan broke out Sunday around the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh and the Armenian Defense Ministry said two Azerbaijani helicopters were shot down.

Ministry spokeswoman Shushan Stepanyan also said Armenian forces hit three Azerbaijani tanks. There was no immediate word on casualties.

[mitch96]

1. Again... this has been going on for a while...Mankind loves to battle ... nt

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. At least 16 dead in Armenia-Azerbaijan clashes over disputed region

At least 16 troops and civilians have been killed in the worst fighting between Azerbaijani and Armenian forces since 2016, raising fears of instability in a region that provides crucial transit routes for gas and oil to the international market.

Armenia declared martial law and ordered the total mobilisation of its military on Sunday after claiming to have destroyed several Azerbaijani aircraft and tanks in early-morning clashes.

It accused Azerbaijan of carrying out air and artillery attacks on a disputed region, Nagorno-Karabakh, that is internationally recognised as Azerbaijani territory but which broke away in 1991 and is run by ethnic Armenians. Azerbaijan said it had counter-attacked in response to Armenian shelling.

The clashes prompted a flurry of diplomacy to prevent a flare-up of a decades-old conflict between majority Christian Armenia and mainly Muslim Azerbaijan, with Russia calling for an immediate ceasefire and another regional power, Turkey, saying it would support Azerbaijan.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/27/armenia-martial-law-clashes-azerbaijan

Video: Tanks ablaze as fighting erupts over disputed region

[bdamomma]

3. This

is so unfortunate, this dispute has been going on for years.

As an American-Armenian, I hope this matter gets resolved,

[Xolodno]

4. Years?

Try several decades, if not centuries.

[ansible]

5. The immediate cause is Armenians moving into Azerbaijan lands during the Soviet era and not leaving

Both sides are very angry about the issue and are unlikely to resolve this in any other way except war.