On 19 September, Azerbaijan launched a long-expected attack on the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, which has been suffering a worsening humanitarian crisis since being blockaded by the country almost ten months ago.
Azerbaijan’s “anti-terrorist operation” against the ethnically Armenian enclave was announced hours after several Azerbaijani soldiers and civilians were reportedly killed in a landmine explosion in Nagorno-Karabakh. Over the next 24 hours, hundreds died in intense fighting before a Russian-brokered ceasefire was announced.
Fearful that violence could erupt again, tens of thousands are now fleeing from Nagorno-Karabakh – which is internationally recognised as Azerbaijani territory, but home to many ethnic Armenians – to Armenia.
