Clashes between Muslim-majority Azerbaijan and the Christian-majority country of Armenia are the result of a 1918 conflict.
According to the details, the ongoing tension between the Central Asian countries Armenia and Azerbaijan is linked to the Soviet Union and in the past there have been clashes between the two countries over the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict which has resulted in the death of thousands of people.
The Nagorno-Karabakh region was annexed by the Soviet rulers to Azerbaijan in 1923, but as soon as the Soviet Union split into several parts, a war broke out between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the region.
Thirty thousand people were killed during the six-year bloody war between the two countries from 1988 to 1994, which led to the migration of residents of Nagorno-Karabakh.
After the deportation of a large number of Azerbaijanis from Nagorno-Karabakh, the majority remained Armenians, due to which the government was also made up of Armenians who supported Armenia.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, a referendum was held in Nagorno-Karabakh in 1991 in which they voted in favor of secession from Azerbaijan. However, it was not recognized by the UN member states and Nagorno-Karabakh is still recognized as part of Azerbaijan.
Six years after the 1988 war, it was finally ended with Russian mediation, but there have been bloody clashes between the two countries since then, and before the recent clashes there was a five-day war in 2006 in which hundreds were killed. Were
Tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh region have been simmering since July 12, 2020. Azerbaijan is recognized internationally as part of the country, but since the end of the war between the two countries in 1994, it has been governed by Armenians. The people of
Turkey shot down our fighter jet, Armenia accuses, Turkey denies
It is believed that fierce clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan have been going on in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh for the past few days, as a result of which about 100 civilians and soldiers have been killed and hundreds injured.
