Defense: the stakes of the territorial conflict of Nagorno-Karabakh

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Stepanakert, capital of Nagorno-Karabakh suffered new strikes on October 4, 2020. RFI / ANISSA EL JABRI / BERTRAND HAECKLER

By: Franck Alexandre

4 min

For a week now, fighting has resumed between Azerbaijan and Armenia for control of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Deadly fighting, both sides claiming to have inflicted hundreds of losses on the opponent.

While on the international scene, calls for a truce multiply, Turkey, Baku's ally, is blowing on the embers of a conflict frozen for 26 years.

  • Defense

  • Azerbaijan

  • Armenia

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