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A new cease-fire aimed at stopping the fighting over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh appears to be in jeopardy, with ethnic Armenian forces and Azerbaijan accusing each other of renewed shelling.
Armenia and Azerbaijan have accused each other of violating a new cease-fire aimed at stopping the fighting over the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
The capital of Azerbaijan's breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh came under artillery fire on October 15 after a shaky pause in shelling brought on by a five-day-old cease-fire brokered by Russia, according to Yerevan and ethnic Armenian separatists in the province.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has rejected a Turkish request to rescind a ruling urging all states involved in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to avoid putting civilians at risk and to respect their obligations to respect human rights under a European convention.
Armenia and Azerbaijan blame each other after numerous breaches of a humanitarian cease-fire signed on October 10. Caucasus expert Thomas de Waal and Aleksei Malashenko, the chief researcher at the Dialogue of Civilizations think tank, explain what obstacles exist to a lasting peace.
Armenian and Azerbaijani forces continue to exchange fire in and around the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region despite international calls for both sides to implement and stick to a Russian-brokered humanitarian cease-fire.
The humanitarian cease-fire in Nagorno-Karabakh that came into effect over the weekend appears to be crumbling as both Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other of violating the truce and shelling civilians.
A cathedral in Azerbaijan's breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh was damaged in fighting on October 8. Armenia has blamed Azerbaijan, which denies targeting any religious sites. Districts across Azerbaijan have also come under attack from the Armenian side.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev says he is giving Armenia a "last chance" to resolve a conflict over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh as his country will reclaim the territory "either via peace or by war."
Armenian President Armen Sarkisian has relieved the chief of the National Security Service (AATs), Argishti Kyaramian, of his duties amid the ongoing military conflict with Azerbaijan in the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, controlled by an ethnic Armenian de facto government.
The situation remains tense around the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh following a day of heavy fighting on October 7 as international efforts to reach a cease-fire between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces intensified.
Heavy fighting continued around the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh on October 7 as international diplomacy to reach a cease-fire between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces intensified.
The Prosecutor-General's Office of Azerbaijan said on October 6 that a pipeline has been targeted in fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces in and around the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, an accusation immediately rejected by Armenia.
Heavy fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces continues despite renewed international calls for a cease-fire in and around the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Cities on both sides of the conflict between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces have been by hit by sustained rocket and artillery fire, marking an escalation in fighting that was already some of the heaviest since a truce in 1994. Hopes for peace talks were further dimmed by bellicose speeches.
Fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces over the breakaway territory of Nagorno-Karabakh continues to rage, with both sides shelling major cities amid growing concerns for the safety of civilians.
Aytaj Shukur's father was traumatized after fighting in Azerbaijan's 1990s war with Armenia for control of Nagorno-Karabakh, so she has been campaigning for peace since fighting broke out again last week. In Armenia, too, voices are making themselves heard calling for negotiations and diplomacy.
In Azerbaijan's breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, ethnic Armenian civilians have been forced to live in open fields to escape shelling by Azerbaijani forces. Meanwhile, residents of an Azerbaijani town live among shell-damaged apartment blocks.
Heavy shelling between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces persisted for a fifth day as the two sides continued to ignore repeated calls from international leaders to halt fighting over the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region.
Troops from Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces traded small arms fire as well as rocket and artillery fire as fighting around the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh threatened to draw both Russia and regional power Turkey into a wider conflict.
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