Lucian Kim, NPR: Fighting Between Armenia And Azerbaijan Threatens To Spiral Into Full-Blown War
A simmering conflict on Russia's volatile southern border is threatening to escalate into an all-out war, with the potential of drawing in NATO ally Turkey.
Fighting continued for a second day in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, claimed by Armenians as well as by Azerbaijanis. Dozens of service members on both sides have been reported killed in a flare-up of violence that began Sunday morning. The ethnic Armenian majority in the region fought a bloody war of secession from Azerbaijan as the Soviet Union fell apart three decades ago. A tense cease-fire — but no lasting peace — has since kept tensions high in the Caucasus, an area where Russia, Turkey and Iran have historically competed.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- September 28, 2020
Explainer: Who's fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh, and why does it matter? -- Mark Trevelyan, Reuters
Deadly rivalry: The decades-long feud between Armenia and Azerbaijan -- France 24
Armenia-Azerbaijan: What's behind the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict? -- BBC
Why are Armenia and Azerbaijan fighting and what are the implications? -- Michael Safi, The Guardian
Why you should care about conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan -- Al Jazeera
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