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Greece has recalled its ambassador to Azerbaijan on Wednesday after what it said were “unfounded and offensive” claims by the Azeri government that Greece tolerated militants on its soil. In a rapid deterioration of bilateral relations,

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev delivered a televised speech on the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh that was heavy in inflammatory rhetoric but also represented a clear statement on Baku’s objectives.

As the conflict between Armenians and Azerbaijanis has escalated their neighbor Georgia has been caught in the middle trying to play a peacemaker role

War broke out between the two countries in 1988 over control of this enclave. This intensified in 1991 and lasted for three years, and included ethnic cleansing and a massacre of Armenians in Baku. Thirty thousand people died,

Footage shows shelling and civilians fleeing villages as fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan intensifies in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. WSJ's Ann Simmons explains the risks of a full-scale war.

A major supplier of arms to Azerbaijan, Israel has come under diplomatic fire from Armenia over the struggle between the Caucasus neighbours in disputed Nagorno-Karabakh. Armenia, a country long-seen as close to Israel's nemesis Iran,

Syrian mercenaries fighting on the Azerbaijani side have been killed in the course of large-scale hostilities along the Nagorno-Karab

Conflicting accounts from the two warring sides celebrate their own successes while keeping mum about setbacks as an Azerbaijani report of capture of three villages was met with Armenian claims of eliminating 200 enemy troops.

The Armenian government said on October 4 that residential areas in Nagorno-Karabakh were being shelled by Azerbaijan. The country’s foreign minister, Anna A Naghdalyan, said cluster munitions were being used in attacks.

Armenia’s prime minister wants clarification from the US about the sale of F-16s to Turkey, claiming their jets were bombing civilians amid the 'existential' battle with Azerbaijan over the contested Nagorno-Karabakh.