Explosions rocked parts of Nagorno-Karabakh early Wednesday, a day after Azerbaijani forces launched heavy artillery fire on Armenian positions in the separatist region that local officials said kille

Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry announced the start of the military operation on Tuesday, hours after it reported that four soldiers and two civilians died in land mine explosions in Nagorno-Karabakh. YEREVAN: Explosions rocked parts of Nagorno-Karabakh early Wednesday,

Concern was growing for ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh on Sunday as Azerbaijani forces tightened their grip on the breakaway region.

Russia said that Armenian fighters in the breakaway region of Nagorno Karabakh had started to give up arms as some humanitarian aid reached the 120,000 Armenians there who say the world has abandoned them after Azerbaijan defeated their forces.

Ethnic Armenian separatists in Nagorno-Karabakh have surrendered arms to Russian peacekeepers, following Azerbaijan's reclaiming of the breakaway regi