Azerbaijan, on Tuesday (September 19), launched a military operation against the Armenian-controlled Karabakh region in a bid to bring the breakaway region under its control by force, sparking fears of another war with its neighbouring Armenia in the volatile Caucasus region.

Explained: Nagorno-Karabakh's decade-long conflict that has kept Armenia and Azerbaijan on edge

Russia's President Vladimir Putin told his Azeri counterpart Ilham Aliyev on Saturday to take care of Christian shrines.

Azerbaijan to take over Armenian territories in Karabakh

Azeris celebrated on the streets of Baku after President Ilham Aliyev said on Sunday his country`s forces had taken Shusha, the second-largest city in the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave, but Armenian officials denied the city had been captured.

Azerbaijan claims capture of Karabakh's second-largest city Shusha, Armenia denies

Conflict reignited on Sept. 27 in Nagorno-Karabakh, a part of Azerbaijan populated and controlled by ethnic Armenians. Hundreds have been killed and clashes have blown through three ceasefires

Diamond factory becomes shelter for Karabakh refugees

More than two weeks of deadly clashes marked the biggest escalation of a decades-old conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, which lies in Azerbaijan but has been under control of ethnic Armenian forces backed by Armenia since the end of a separatist war in 1994.

Is lasting peace possible in Karabakh region?

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Explained: Nagorno-Karabakh's decade-long conflict that has kept Armenia and Azerbaijan on edge

Azerbaijan to take over Armenian territories in Karabakh

Azerbaijan claims capture of Karabakh's second-largest city Shusha, Armenia denies

Diamond factory becomes shelter for Karabakh refugees

Is lasting peace possible in Karabakh region?