Dozens dead as world leaders urge halt to Azerbaijan-Armenia clashes
Yerevan, Sept 28 (AFP/APP):At least 24 people have died after deadly clashes between arch foes Armenia and Azerbaijan, as the latest violence in the decades-long territorial dispute sparked international calls on Sunday to halt the fighting. The worst skirmishes since 2016 have raised the spectre of a fresh war between the ex-Soviet rivals, locked since the early 1990s in a stalemate over the Armenia-backed breakaway region of Nagorno Karabakh. Seventeen Armenian separatist fighters were killed and more than 100 wounded in the fighting, Karabakh President Arayik Harutyunyan said, conceding that his forces had “lost positions”. Both sides also reported civilian … Continue reading Dozens dead as world leaders urge halt to Azerbaijan-Armenia clashes
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