{"id":774379,"date":"2022-11-30T16:52:59","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T13:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/?p=774379"},"modified":"2022-12-01T01:37:44","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T22:37:44","slug":"why-azerbaijan-will-keep-attacking-armenia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2022\/11\/30\/why-azerbaijan-will-keep-attacking-armenia\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Azerbaijan Will Keep Attacking Armenia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why Azerbaijan Will Keep Attacking Armenia\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7NOMj7n6QAM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The conflict centers on a region disputed for decades.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The mountainous region of Nagorno-Karabakh has long been at the heart of tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan, but with a majority ethnic Armenian population, it declared independence in the late Soviet period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/azerbaycan-ermenistan-armenia-azerbaijan-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-774381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/azerbaycan-ermenistan-armenia-azerbaijan-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/azerbaycan-ermenistan-armenia-azerbaijan-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/azerbaycan-ermenistan-armenia-azerbaijan-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/azerbaycan-ermenistan-armenia-azerbaijan.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A years long war between Armenia and Azerbaijan followed, killing tens of thousands of people and leaving hundreds of thousands displaced. It ended in a 1994 cease-fire that left Armenia in control of Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding districts that were legally part of Azerbaijan. During the war in 2020, Azerbaijan \u2014 with powerful Turkish backing including attack drones \u2014 recaptured much of Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding districts. The death toll was in the thousands, and tens of thousands of people were forced to flee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The conflict centers on a region disputed for decades. The mountainous region of Nagorno-Karabakh has long been at the heart of tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan, but with a majority ethnic Armenian population, it declared independence in the late Soviet period. 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