Azerbaijan launches operation against Armenian forces in Nagorno-Karabakh
Source: CNN
Azerbaijan launches operation against Armenian forces in Nagorno-Karabakh
By Tim Lister, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Christian Edwards, Anna Chernova and Nick Paton Walsh, CNN
Updated 1:05 PM EDT, Tue September 19, 2023
(CNN) — Azerbaijan’s defense ministry said Tuesday it had begun an “anti-terrorist” campaign in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, as Armenian media and local authorities reported heavy bombardment of the regional capital of Stepanakert.
At least five people were killed, including a child, and 80 people were injured, amid artillery, missile and drone strikes by the Azerbaijan military, according to Armenian state news.
Nagorno-Karabakh, an ethnic Armenian enclave that is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan, has been the cause of two wars between the neighbors in the past three decades, most recently in 2020.
Tensions have been simmering around the region for months, after Azerbaijani troops blockaded the Lachin corridor in December, cutting off the only road connecting Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia and preventing the import of food to its roughly 120,000 inhabitants.
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Law enforcement officers take cover as protesters throw objects toward the government building during a rally to support ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh following Azerbaijani armed forces’ offensive operation executed in the region, in Yerevan, Armenia, on September 20, 2023. (Reuters)
Anti-government demonstrators took to the streets of Yerevan on Friday for a third day to protest the government’s handling of the crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh.
On Wednesday, Armenian separatists in Nagorno-Karabakh agreed to lay down arms and dismantle their military, following a lightning offensive by Baku.
That sparked mass anti-government rallies in Yerevan, with opposition parties accusing Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan of too many concessions to Baku and demanding his resignation.
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Opposition leaders have announced plans to initiate Pashinyan’s impeachment in parliament.
https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2023/09/22/Anti-government-protesters-block-streets-in-Armenia-s-Yerevan
