Friday, March 11, 2016

Ceasefire Broken In Nagorno-Karabakh


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Reuters: Heavy shelling rocks fragile ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh

Azerbaijan and its rebel Nagorno-Karabakh region accused each other on Friday of violating a ceasefire with intense shelling, a sign that the two-decade-old conflict which has left some 30,000 people dead is far from a peaceful resolution.

Nagorno-Karabakh, which lies inside Azerbaijan but is controlled by ethnic Armenians, has run its own affairs with heavy military and financial backing from Armenia since a separatist war ended in 1994.

Its Armenian-backed forces control Nagorno-Karabakh and seven Azeri districts adjoining it. The situation on the tense "contact line" between Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh has seriously deteriorated in the past few days.

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Update: Shelling Rocks Shaky Truce In Nagorno-Karabakh (RFE)

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