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A Russian peacekeepers’s military helicopter transports a wounded person from a field hospital in Nagorno-Karabakh to the Armenian side on Tuesday.

By decree, Nagorno-Karabakh ‘will cease to exist’

After a nearly three-decade bid for independence, the unrecognised republic at the centre of a geopolitical fight is no more.

  • Avet Demourian and Rob Harris
Smoke rising after a fuel depot explosion near Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh.

Fuel explosion death toll leaps to 68 as Armenians filled up to flee

The death toll from an explosion and fire at a fuel depot in Nagorno-Karabakh has sharply increased as hundreds suffered burns while filling up with fuel.

  • Maxim Rodionov
Ethnic Armenians arrive from Nagorno-Karabakh in Goris, Armenia, on Sunday.

‘No one came for us’: Abandoned by Russia, ethnic Armenians flee threat of genocide by Azerbaijan

About 1500 families have already crossed the border into Armenia since Azerbaijan renewed bombing their enclave. More are expected to follow.

  • Ivan Nechepurenko
Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Azerbaijani forces strike Armenians, killing dozens

The EU, US, France and Germany condemned Azerbaijan. Armenia accused Russia of being too distracted by its own war in Ukraine to protect it.

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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

‘Deep wound’: Turkey urges Biden to reverse Armenian genocide call

The Turkish president slammed the United States for having failed to find a solution to the decades-old conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia in Nagorno-Karabakh

  • Tuvan Gumrukcu and Ezgi Erkoyun
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan waves to supporters during a rally.

‘Nikol, you traitor!’ crowds chant as Armenian PM slams ‘coup attempt’

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has faced opposition calls to step down ever since he signed a November 10 peace deal that saw Azerbaijan consolidate territorial gains.

  • Avet Demourian
Smoke rises from a burning house in an area once occupied by Armenian forces but soon to be turned over to Azerbaijan, in Karvachar, the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Dozens of corpses line Nagorno-Karabakh road after battle

More than 4000 people were killed, including civilians, with 8000 wounded and thousands driven from their homes, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

Ethnic Armenian soldiers ride a car passing the border between Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia near Vardenis on Sunday.

'Start of an era': Armenia signs deal with Azerbaijan, Russia to end conflict

The deal, which includes Russian peacekeeping troops, is likely to be seen as a sign that Moscow is still the main arbiter in a region it regards as its own backyard.

  • Nvard Hovhannisyan and Nailia Bagirova

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