Why are Armenia and Azerbaijan fighting? | The Hindu

Armenia and Azerbaijan, two neighbouring countries, are fighting again

For decades, the two countries have been at the centre of conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh region.

Both sides were engaged in an armed territorial conflict in 2020 until a truce was mediated by Russia.

Now, the conflict has started again with both sides engaging in the worst clashes since 2020.

The latest reports say, nearly 100 troops have lost their lives in the deadliest violence.

Both countries blame each other for the flare-up, and world powers have urged a ceasefire.

So why are they fighting? And how long has it been going on for?

What is the background?

Nagorno-Karabakh is a mountainous region between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

It lies entirely within the Azerbaijan borders, and is internationally recognised as part of the country.

But it is occupied primarily by the ethnic Armenian population and controlled by their forces.

About 150,000 people live here.

In 1991, the region declared independence and since then it has ruled itself with Armenian support as the unrecognised Republic of Artsakh.

Then, a full-scale war erupted in 1992 and finally ended in a ceasefire in 1994, with Armenia being in control of Nagorno-Karabakh and nearly 10 per cent of Azerbaijan’s territory.

Despite signs of progress towards peace, fierce fighting erupted again in September 2020 and killed more than 6,600 people and ended with a peace deal brokered by Russia.

Moscow deployed about 2,000 troops to the region to serve as peacekeepers.

But now, the region has become a warzone again

What has happened now?

Armenia says Azerbaijan attacked first.

They say Azerbaijani forces “launched intensive shelling, with artillery and large-calibre firearms, against Armenian military positions in the direction of the cities of Goris, Sotk, and Jermuk”

Meanwhile Azerbaijan says Armenia has been shelling Azerbaijani military positions for a few weeks now, and that has intensified over the last few days

Azerbaijan’s deputy foreign minister has said that Armenia has started amassing heavy weaponry and armaments along the deemed border between Armenia and Azerbaijan

The world leaders have expressed concerns and urged to stop the fighting between the two countries.

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[nomadic_aatma]

Thank you for the voice-added content . It's an awesome way for quick news.

[mherginosyan]

Such a misinforming way to explain what's going on now. Nagorno Karabakh has nothing to do with the current war as Azerbaijan has attacked the sovereign territory of Armenia!

[cavid]

Мы все устали от войн. Я не хочу войны, я хочу мира, народ Армении понимает, что в войне выигрывают только торговцы оружием, зачем мне убивать армянина, лица которого я в жизни не видел? Обе стороны - русские жертвы национализма. Мы не можем выбирать нашу семью, нашу страну, нашу географию, нашу расу. Я не хочу, чтобы матери с обеих сторон плакали. 😔🇦🇿🤝🇦🇲

[aahmadov]

During First Karabag war, Armenians displaced 800 000 Azerbaijanis from their houses, children who fled their houses barefoot in 1990's came back with tank to take what is theirs. This is the truth no one can dispute

[akhagop]

The league of Nations labeled these lands as disputed, but Bolsheviks in Russia with Ataturk in turkey ( both were not recognized as legal governments) decided to cede these lands to azerbaijan and turkey in early 1921.

[RonT]

During First Karabagh War, Azeris burned, mutilated and exiled 400, 000 Armenians from various Azeri towns and attempted to ethnically cleanse Karabagh (during Soviet time an autonomous oblast within Azerbaijan) from its Armenian population to which Armenians responded by defending themselves and liberating Karabagh. That is the other side of the truth. It was Azeris who started the conflict driven by their hatred against Armenians.

[freedom]

This lands international recognized parts of Azerbaijan and Azerbaijan have a right take back his lands.dont make noninformatial video

[ssingh]

The Hindu always in propoganda mode. They deliberately started with 1991 😂😂😂 and forgot what happened before that

[sadathaddu]

Why is India and Pakistan fighting.
India China fighting.


It's human nature to fight with neighbors and friendship with distant ones.

[henryaybaz]

It is funny that Madam Trouble talk in Armenian Parliament and nobody to translate her.

[irreligiousman]

armenia is a 104 years old country. It has no history and culture. Karabakh, Irevan, Zangezur, Goycha are historical Azerbaijani cities. We will return all of them back to us sooner or later.

[akhagop]

Before first karabakh war azeris massacred Armenians in Sumgaiet 1988
In kirovabad 1989 in Baku 1990 and elsewhere for days without any action from local and Moscow authorities until azeris started to massacre Russians and jews then, Soviet troops interfered.
After that azeris and Soviet troops started operation ring to cleanse Armenians from shaumyan region.
So karabakh Armenians simply defended themselves with support from Armenia.

[lenmaclean]

If the west backs any side in this conflict, , it

[Ganja]

Azerbaijan liberated own internationally recognized territories.

nobody recognized armenian occupied territotires.

We are happy to liberate our territories

[Mr.browser]

Since 1990- Armenia started to occupy Azerbaijani territories killing civilian people. Armenia has a strong power on media and lobby but Karabakh is internationally recognized as a territory of Azerbaijan which were under occupation for 30 years. If anybody wants real facts and documents. Just ask the Government of his country or UN. By the way there are 4 resolutions of UN which clearly mentions abour Armenia to withdraw his troops from the land Azerbaijan. These resolutions are 822, 853, 874 and 884. If anybody wants to learn about how armenians are "peacefull" is advised to make research about Khojaly genocide.

[juleskouaho]

3 The Bible says that it was before the foundation of the world that the Lord Jesus Christ had overcome. Faced with earthly things, He had overcome, faced with spiritual things, He had overcome. Faced with all the greatness of man, the Lord Jesus Christ had overcome. And it is to be winners that we worthily bear the name Christian.

4 Well, the first point I would like to broach, it is the fact that our own mind has to be pure. If you imagine what others think about you and you confess it or you take on some attitude related to that then you have lost the battle of the mind.

[robertthor]

Armenia should vacate the occupied territories to end the conflict.

[g]

00:12 this map is wrong. The highlighted part is not only Nagorno Karabakh but include Azerbaijan proper. Please fix the map

[munzurharck]

Stalin and Gorbatchow! That is the whole reason.

[zackjalamani]

Your map is badly wrong, that is NOT Nagorno Karabakh region map, what you show is a map of six regions including Nagorno Karabakh. You should know what you talk about FIRST. Pathetic