Azerbaijan says it launched an “anti-terrorist” campaign in the contested Nagorno-Karabakh region under Armenian control, as mortar fire and air-raid sirens are heard.
Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry on Tuesday declared an “anti-terrorist” campaign in the contested Nagorno-Karabakh region under Armenian control, as Armenian media reported air-raid sirens and mortar fire in the regional capital of Stepanakert.Azerbaijan and Armenia have repeatedly clashed over Nagorno-Karabakh, which is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan but largely populated by ethnic Armenians and largely governed by the unrecognized Republic of Artsakh.
Armenia denied having troops in the area, with the Foreign Ministry saying Azerbaijan “unleashed another large-scale aggression against the people of Nagorno-Karabakh, aiming to complete its policy of ethnic cleansing.”Local Karabakh authorities accused Azerbaijani forces of hitting civilian areas, saying that at least two people died and 11 were injured.
Armenia heavily relies on Russia in security matters, and both countries have a defense pact, though it does not cover Nagorno-Karabakh territory. Armenia has once again called on Russia for help, but Moscow, distracted by its war in Ukraine, has been mostly inactive throughout the blockade and simmering tensions that threatened to reignite the war in the region.
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