Sep 23, 2022
Genocide Watch is issuing a Genocide Warning due to Azerbaijan’s unprovoked military attacks on Armenia and on the unrecognized Armenian Republic of Artsakh.
By the end of its 2020 war with Armenia, Azerbaijan had regained control of all six provinces it lost to Armenia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Azerbaijani forces have consistently violated the terms of the ceasefire agreement that ended that war. Russian peacekeepers were posted along the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as part of the ceasefire agreement. But they have been unable or unwilling to prevent violent Azerbaijani attacks along the border. Since late September 2022, Azerbaijan has used artillery and drone strikes against positions in Eastern Armenia, including the towns of Vardenis, Goris, Sotk, and Jermuk; killing hundreds of Armenian and Azerbaijani soldiers and forcing Armenian civilians to evacuate.
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