Sides declare truce as deadly clashes in breakaway region threaten to escalate into full-blown warA ceasefire has been announced in the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh after four days of intense fighting that has left dozens dead and threatened to degenerate into full-blown war between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Karabakh is technically part of Azerbaijan but has been rush by an ethnic Armenian government ever since the Soviet Union collapsed. Azerbaijan said 16 servicemen were killed in the past 48 hours, while the separatist Karabakh authorities said 20 of its troops had died and also reported civilian casualties. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com