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The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict [f] is an ethnic and territorial conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, inhabited mostly by ethnic Armenians until 2023, and seven surrounding districts, inhabited mostly by Azerbaijanis until their expulsion during the 1990s.
The conflict was accompanied by coordinated attempts to spread misleading content and disinformation via social media and the internet. [142] The conflict began with an Azerbaijani ground offensive that included armoured formations, supported by artillery and drones, including loitering munitions. Armenian and Artsakh troops were forced back ...
The 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, also known as the Four-Day War, [a] April War, [24] [25] [26] [b] or April clashes, [c] began along the former Nagorno-Karabakh line of contact on 1 April 2016 with the Artsakh Defence Army, backed by the Armenian Armed Forces, on one side and the Azerbaijani Armed Forces on the other.
The Lachin offensive [a] (Azerbaijani: Laçına hücum əməliyyatı) was a military operation launched by Azerbaijan against the unrecognized Republic of Artsakh and their Armenian allies along the Armenia–Azerbaijan border during the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War, with the suspected goal of taking control of the Lachin corridor. [13]
According to the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Armenia, seven people will be charged with “preparing to usurp power … using violence and the threat of violence to take over the powers of government.” [4] [5] [1] According to Armenian officials the plotters consisted of an undisclosed number of Armenian nationals led by 5 Armenians and 2 former citizens of the Republic of ...
Southern Armenia (Syunik) is often referred to as "the backbone of Armenia" given that it connects Armenia both to Artsakh as well as to Iran. [129] With 80% of Armenia's borders being closed since Turkey and Azerbaijan's 30 year-long blockade, [130] the border with Iran comprises one of only two open international borders to Armenia. [129]
On 8 December 2020, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry released a full list of military casualties, with names, ranks and birth dates. [20] By 21 October 2021, the list was updated to include the deaths of 2,906 servicemen, with another 6 missing in action. [5] The Armenian side reported 7,630 Azerbaijani soldiers and Syrian mercenaries were killed.
On 12 September 2022, a series of clashes erupted between Armenian and Azerbaijani troops along the Armenia–Azerbaijan border, marking a major escalation in the current border crisis between Armenia–Azerbaijan [13] [14] and resulting in nearly 300 deaths and dozens of injuries on both sides by 14 September.