Nagorno-Karabakh fighting rages as US hosts talks

Heavy fighting raged Friday over Nagorno-Karabakh even as top diplomats from Armenia and Azerbaijan visited Washington for negotiations on settling the neighboring countries’ decades-long conflict.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is holding talks with the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia on Friday, in separate meetings, in a fresh attempt to end nearly a month of bloodshed in the battle over Nagorno-Karabakh.

The warring sides accused each other of shelling residential areas Friday. Authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh said the town of Martakert and several villages in the Martuni region were hit by Azerbaijani rockets overnight.

Later in the day, they said that Martakert and Martuni were also struck by Azerbaijani warplanes.

Azerbaijan and Armenia have been locked in a bitter conflict over Karabakh since Armenian separatists backed by Yerevan seized control of the mountainous province in a 1990s war that left 30,000 people dead.

Since Azerbaijan launched its assault on Armenian forces in the Nagorno-Karabakh region on September 27, there has been a torrent of violent imagery from both sides on social media.

According to Nagorno-Karabakh officials, 927 of their troops have been killed, and more than 30 civilians also have died. Azerbaijan hasn’t disclosed its military losses, but says 63 civilians have been killed and 292 have been wounded. Armenia officially isn’t engaged in the fighting)

Source: https://apnews.com/article/travel-azerbaijan-mike-pompeo-armenia-russia-32a52045a9a784b1538ebd982dd9a5f9

Source: https://news.yahoo.com/turkeys-armenians-cannot-breathe-karabakh-091805276.html

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/sebastienroblin/2020/10/23/what-open-source-evidence-tells-us-about-the-nagorno-karabakh-war/#277aba136f4b

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