The president of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, presides over a military parade in Nagorno-Karabakh.
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Azerbaijan is positioning itself to play peacemaker at Cop29 in a strategic move to boost its global image.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses a pro-Palestinian crowd in Istanbul.
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Turkey and Israel exchanged tit-for-tat diplomatic withdrawals over President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s pro-Hamas stance in the regional conflict. But behind that, the picture is more nuanced.
A convoy of cars of ethnic Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh flee the enclave for Armenia in September 2023 after the Azerbaijani military reclaimed full control of the breakaway region.
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What are the broader implications of Azerbaijan’s recapture of Nagorno-Karabakh in terms of peace and security in the South Caucasus?
Forced out: ethnic Armenians have lived in Nagorno-Karabakh for millennia.
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Recent events in Nagorno-Karabakh are a clear case of ethnic cleansing of the regions Armenian population.
Refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh.
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The collapse of the self-proclaimed republic ushers in a new reality in the South Caucasus. For Armenia, the first concern is how to accommodate the needs of 100,000-plus refugees.
Soldiers inspect lorries and cars as ethnic Armenians flee across the border from Azerbaijan.
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If Azerbaijan is not punished for its aggression against Nagorno-Karabakh, there’s every chance it will try to capture more Armenian territory.
Keeping up morale: Nato secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, with Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, after talks at Nato headquarters, September 28 2023.
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A selection of the best of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
Samantha Power, administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, speaks to journalists in Armenia.
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Violence has caused thousands to flee the Armenian-populated enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh amid anger over perceived lack of action from Washington or the international community.
Ethnic Armenians flee their enclave in Nagorno-Karabakh along the Lachin corridor.
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The Nagorno-Karabakh crisis is just one part of a very complex issue at the heart of the South Caucasus.
War in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region of the South Caucasus has been going on for more than three decades.
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Azerbaijan and Armenia have been contesting this region of the South Caucasus since before the break-up of the Soviet Union.
A Russian peacekeeper guards the Lachin corridor.
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The 120,000 residents of the disputed region are being deprived of food and medicines after a crucial link to Armenia was cut off by Azerbaijan.
A Russian peacekeeper guards the Lachin corridor connecting Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia.
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Renewed fighting in the South Caucasus has some wondering, “Where are the great powers?”
Azerbaijani environmental activists protest what they claim is illegal mining at the Lachin corridor, the Armenian-populated breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region’s only land link with Armenia, in December.
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In recent months, Azerbaijan has manufactured a green movement to choke off the contested region’s supplies via the Lachin corridor. The move reveals loopholes within the 2020 ceasefire agreement.
Azeris march in Baku to celebrate the anniversary of the 2020 Second Karabakh War.
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Moscow’s preoccupation with the war in Ukraine has opened up an opportunity for Azerbaijan to put military pressure on Armenia over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Armenian troops suffered a crushing defeat in the Second Karabakh War in 2020.
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Facing political turmoil, a weak and unpopular prime minister and indifferent allies in Moscow, Armenia faces an unpalatable choice.
The Ghazanchetsots Cathedral was damaged earlier this year during fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
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A peace deal brokered by Russia ended the war on Nov. 9, but the rich architectural heritage of the region is still at risk.
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Erdoğan’s aggressive foreign policy is one of the reasons Turkey’s economy is suffering a downturn.
Soldiers patrol the mountainous, disputed border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh, on Nov. 8.
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Each side in the bloody Nagorno-Karabakh conflict accuses the other of war crimes. Such allegations attract foreign attention and possibly intervention, but rarely lead to a peaceful solution.
Conflict as export industry: French Armenians protest the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
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A new ceasefire is unlikely to stop clashes between the warring expat communities around the world.
Houses, allegedly destroyed by shelling, in Ganja, Nagorno Karabakh.
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Armenia and Azerbaijan are fighting over the contested territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. But what do the people who live there want?