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Artsakh (/ ˈ ɑːr t s ɑː x,-s æ x / ART-sa(h)kh), officially the Republic of Artsakh [d] or the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh (/ n ə ˌ ɡ ɔːr n oʊ k ər ə ˈ b ɑː k / nə-GOR-noh kər-ə-BAHK), [e] [7] was a breakaway state in the South Caucasus whose territory was internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan. Between 1991 and ...
Artsakh authorities stated that the state's de facto capital, Stepanakert, and other cities were being heavily shelled, accusing Azerbaijan of attempted ethnic cleansing. [86] [87] Artsakh's human rights ombudsman Gegham Stepanyan said two civilians, including a child, were killed, [88] while 11 others were injured, [89] eight of whom were ...
The First Nagorno-Karabakh War, also known as the Artsakh Liberation War in Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, was an armed conflict that took place in the late 1980s to May 1994, in the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh in southwestern Azerbaijan, between the majority ethnic Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh backed by the Republic of Armenia, and the ...
This is a timeline of Artsakh's history, representing territorial control under three columns: Realm ... De facto Artsakh, de jure Azerbaijan: 2020-09-27
The next day, Aliyev issued an official statement that Azerbaijan was "writing a new history", describing Karabakh as an ancient Azerbaijani territory and longstanding home to Azerbaijanis, and claiming that Armenians had occupied Azerbaijan's territory, destroying its religious and cultural heritage, for three decades.
Nagorno-Karabakh, known as Artsakh by Armenians, is a mountainous region at the southern end of the Karabakh mountain range, within Azerbaijan. Explainer-What is happening between Armenia and ...
Azerbaijan remained under Soviet rule until the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, after which the independent Republic of Azerbaijan was proclaimed. Hostile relations with the neighboring Armenia and the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict have been focal points within Azerbaijani politics since independence.
Baku has long maintained that the Artsakh government and its armed forces have operated illegally on Azerbaijan’s territory. A video published by the security services appeared to show Vardanyan ...