Nagorno-Karabakh: Hadrout, a town at the center of the fighting

Nagorno-Karabakh militia fighters near the village of Hadrut on October 11, 2020. AP Photo

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In Nagorno-Karabakh, the cease-fire seems to be little respected.

If this Monday was relatively less violent than the previous days, the fighting nonetheless raged on several places of the "contact line" and in particular around the town of Hadrout.

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With our special correspondent in Goris,

The town of Hadrout, in the south-east of Nagorno-Karabakh, is one of those for which the ceasefire could definitely shatter.

This locality of less than 4000 inhabitants is located on a strategic road between the “ 

 ” of the south of the secessionist province and its capital Stepanakert.

Better still, the hills around Hadrout offer those who hold them militarily the means to control several towns and strategic positions in Karabakh.

It is for this reason that the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliev, on Friday evening referred to his conquest as a " 

 ".

Hadrut is clearly one of the objectives of the war Baku started on September 27, which Ilham Aliev hopes could force Armenia to negotiate the future status of Nagorno-Karabakh and the occupied territories.

This is why for 48 hours, the fighting has redoubled around Hadrout, that the belligerents have won, lost, resumed positions in and around the town, sending heavily armed commandos there.

Fighting which would have been very murderous according to the information which goes back to us.

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