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Nagorno-Karabakh: More than 70% of population flees, future uncertain
More than 70% of the population of Nagorno-Karabakh has fled the ethnic Armenian enclave in Azerbaijan for neighbouring Armenia, the Armenian government said Friday, as the enclave's separatist government said it will dissolve itself by the end of the year after a three-decade bid for independence.
Azerbaijan
Nagorno-Karabakh: Half of population flees, separatist govt dissolves
The separatist government of Nagorno-Karabakh said Thursday it will dissolve itself and the unrecognised republic will cease to exist by year's end after a three-decade bid for independence, while Armenian officials said more than half of the region's population has already fled.
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WATCH: More than half of Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh have now fled
Some 66,500 forcibly displaced persons from Nagorno-Karabakh crossed into Armenia as of 10am, Thursday, 28 September, Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Khachatryan said at the Cabinet sitting. He said that the intensity of the influx is not decreasing.
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Why fresh fighting in Azerbaijan may spark new war with Armenia
Azerbaijan’s launch of reportedly intense artillery firing in the Nagorno-Karabakh region on Tuesday raised fears that another full-scale conflict with Armenia could be underway, less than three years after a war that killed more than 6,000 people.