The second Nagorno-Karabakh war, following the third truce, has continued almost uninterrupted since 27 September, Azerbaijan Propaganda has published a video showing the assassination of a Nagorno – Karabakh minister, but Armenian media have shown captured Azerbaijani side fighters from Syria.
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Already on Tuesday afternoon, the Azerbaijanis published a video taken by a drone (below), which shows the tracking and blowing up of an SUV, popularly called a bobsled. The Azerbaijani side claims that the published material shows Lieutenant General, self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh the assassination of the Minister of Defense, Jalal Harutiunjan.
Armenia in turn, denies that the minister was killed. At the same time, his deputy has been taken over by his deputy, Mikel Arzumanyan, which the Armenian side attributes to the fact that the former minister has suffered a non-life-threatening injury in battle positions. The Armenians also note that this is the second time that the other party has lied about Harutiunjan’s death.
In turn, the Armenians have published their version of the positions occupied by the Azerbaijani forces. They, like Delphi’s previously published maps, show that Azerbaijanis have been most successful in the disputed south of the region.
Although the map shows that they are approaching the strategically important Lachina, the Armenians also claim that the Azerbaijani army has not yet taken over the border between all the countries including Karabakh and Iran. The Armenians also claim that the city of Hadrut is still under their control, even though the Azerbaijanis announced its occupation two weeks ago.
Armenian television also broadcast footage on Tuesday (below) showing Syrian militants captured. They are recruited for battle not only in Nagorno-Karabakh, but also in Syria and Libya itself Turkey.
1/2 Al-Hadath TV broadcasted exclusive info on Turkish-backed Syrian fighters Azerbaijan. Details in next tweet below. pic.twitter.com/Z4jndORIAS
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The first Nagorno-Karabakh war in the first half of the 1990s left deep scars on both sides. During the war, Armenians carried out bloody ethnic cleansing against Azerbaijani civilians, who were in a significant minority in Karabakh, in order to get them to leave, as well as firing on towns near the front. The other side was similarly bloody against the Armenians living in Azerbaijan, and the Karabakh capital and other major centers were subjected to prolonged bombing. About 35,000 people lost their lives in the war, and more than a million people in both countries were forced to flee their homes.
Nagorno-Karabakh, which was part of the Azerbaijani SSR during the Soviet era, has been a “de facto” independent Armenian republic since the early 1990s and defended de facto self-determination in the war. Nagorno-Karabakh is considered by the international community to be part of Azerbaijan and no country, not even Armenia, has recognized its independence.
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