Nagorno-Karabakh (/ nəˌɡɔːrnoʊkərəˈbɑːk / ⓘ, nə-GOR-noh kər-ə-BAHK; [3]lit.'Upper Karabakh') is a region in Azerbaijan, covering the southeastern stretch of the Lesser Caucasus mountain range. Part of the greater region of Karabakh, it spans the …

The First Nagorno-Karabakh War, also known as the Artsakh Liberation War in Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, was an armed conflict that took place in the late 1980s to May 1994, in the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh in southwestern Azerbaijan, between the majority ethnic Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh backed by the Republic of Armenia, and the ...

Apr 9, 2025 · Nagorno-Karabakh is a region of southwestern Azerbaijan which until 2023 had a significant Armenian population. The region became a significant source of tension between Armenia and Azerbaijan after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Mar 20, 2025 · Following Azerbaijan’s lightning offensive and occupation of Nagorno-Karabakh on September 19, 2023, the ethnic Armenian enclave was officially dissolved on January 1, 2024.

Jan 30, 2024 · Key dates in the history of Nagorno-Karabakh: The conflict has roots dating back well over a century into competition between Christian Armenian and Muslim Turkic and Persian influences.

Sep 20, 2023 · Ethnic Armenian fighters in Nagorno-Karabakh agreed to lay down their arms after Azerbaijan launched a brief but bloody military offensive on Tuesday, handing a boost to Azerbaijan as it...

Sep 28, 2023 · Azerbaijan and Armenia fought a bloody war over Nagorno-Karabakh in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and it has been the trigger for further violence in the years since.

The political status of Nagorno-Karabakh remained unresolved from its declaration of independence on 10 December 1991 [1][2] to its September 2023 collapse. During Soviet times, it had been an ethnic Armenian autonomous oblast of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, a conflict arose between local Armenians who …

The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is a long-running ethnic and territorial dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan, in the South Caucasus region between Europe and Asia.

Jun 15, 2017 · The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains one of the world’s most intractable and long-standing territorial and ethnic disputes. Its fragile no-peace, no-war situation poses a serious threat to stability in the South Caucasus region and beyond.