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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 ...
The self-declared republic of Nagorno-Karabakh will cease to exist from next year after its president signed a decree dissolving state institutions following its defeat by Azerbaijan.
Earlier in 2024 Pashinyan asked Russian peacekeepers to withdraw from Armenia for failing to stop the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh. [4] [3] At the same time, Armenia's longstanding geopolitical rival Azerbaijan has made concerted efforts to draw closer to Russia, hosting Vladimir Putin in Baku in August. [4]
The agreement disbanded the Artsakh Defence Army after 31 years, a major development in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Although the agreement's terms envisaged complete surrender, it was framed as a ceasefire rather than instrument of surrender, pending the conclusion of a future peace treaty between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
Azerbaijan’s launch of reportedly intense artillery firing in the Nagorno-Karabakh region on Tuesday raised fears that another full-scale conflict with Armenia could be underway, less than three ...
Ethnic Armenian fighters in Nagorno-Karabakh agreed to lay down their arms after Azerbaijan launched a brief but bloody military offensive on Tuesday, handing a boost to Azerbaijan as it seeks to ...
The conflict escalated in 1988, when the Karabakh Armenians demanded the transfer of the region from Soviet Azerbaijan to Soviet Armenia, triggering the First Nagorno-Karabakh War that ended in 1994 with Azerbaijan losing control of about 13.6% of its territory, [40] including Nagorno-Karabakh, to Karabakh Armenians and the army of the Republic ...
The fight between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh region has a long history. Here's what to know about the latest conflict. Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, explained [Video]