Azerbaijani second city "under fire" by Armenian forces

A city victim of the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, illustration -

The conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia continues to grow.

Azerbaijan's second city, Gandja (330,000 inhabitants), is "under fire" by Armenian forces, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense announced on its Twitter account on Sunday, with authorities in the breakaway region of Nagorno Karbakh claiming to be there. destroyed a military airport.

The two countries have been in open conflict since Sunday, September 27 around the Nagorno-Karabakh region, a border area and source of tension between the two nations since 1988 and the secession of the region from Azerbaijan to Armenia six years later. .

Several nations, including France, have been calling for a ceasefire for many days.

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