Their villages, their houses, their goods, their relatives… The displaced people of Nagorno-Karabakh have lost everything.
"They need everything, food, hygiene kits ... Clothing too. They are gone in disaster, says Gayané, a humanitarian.
Some 100,000 civilians fled the Azerbaijani soldiers, "the Turks" as they are called here.
"I no longer have a roof. I had two houses, the Turks burned them down. One in Chouchi and the other in Karin Tap," said another.
The human cost of war is colossal.
Displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh, Alla has four children at the front line.
"Me all I want now is to find my children, explains the mother who has not heard from two of them. That's all that matters to me. After, we'll see. what life has in store for me. "
The mother fled with her youngest children.
The rest of the family are still in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Like many displaced people, she was taken in by a family of Armenians.
“They have been with us since October 3,” says the host. “They are not very comfortable sleeping, it’s not luxury, but we do not lack anything. We all live together. If we were theirs instead, they would do the same! "
Alla's children still at the front do not leave her thoughts and she doubts whether she will ever see her city, Chouchi, once again under enemy control.
"For us, it's impossible to go back to live with the Azerbaijanis… We hope that we can at least return to Stepanakert."
The city is still under Armenian control, capital of an autonomous Republic in rout, the fate more uncertain than ever.
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