War in the shadow of Europe: 28 fighters die - heavy fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh on Saturday

The conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh region continues.

The UN Security Council intervenes, Russia tries in vain to mediate.

Now there was another fighting - with 28 dead.

• War-like conditions prevail

  between

  Armenia and Azerbaijan

  .

  The

  UN Security Council

  demands "immediately" to stop the fighting.

• Russia

  wants to mediate -

  but

  Armenia

  refuses.

  But now it could turn around.

  (Update from October 1st, 10:59 p.m.).

• After an apparent relaxation, new fighting has broken out.

  28 pro-Turkish fighters

  from Syria were killed in

  the fighting

  (update from October 2, 8:27 p.m.)

  .

• This

  news ticker

  is updated regularly.

Update from October 3, 4:23 p.m.:

Both Armenia and Azerbaijan reported heavy

in the Nagorno-Karabakh region

on Saturday

.

According to Armenia, troops from the neighboring country advanced from the north and south “with strong units” in the region.

The Ministry of Defense in

spoke of "fierce fighting".

In

turn, the

Ministry of Defense in

that the city of Terter and several villages in its own area had been shelled by opposing forces.

Update from October 3, 11:30 a.m.:

launched

a large-scale pincer attack against the Armenian enclave

on Saturday, according to the presentation of the Armenian leadership in Yerevan

.

Azerbaijani troops had advanced “with strong units” from both the north and the south, reported the Russian agency Tass, citing the Armenian army command.

The information could not be confirmed by an independent party.

Nagorno Karabakh hit by rockets on Friday - conflict escalates

Update from October 3, 11 a.m.:

In the bloody

over the

, international concern about a

with the participation of Islamist

growing

.

French President Emmanuel Macron and

Nikol Pashinyan pointed out

the danger

.

Pashinyan had accused Turkey of having relocated thousands of mercenaries from the war zones in Syria and Libya to the South Caucasus.

Even

announced to have plausible evidence for the procedure.

The

was found according to data from Moscow in a telephone conversation with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif concerned about this development.

Iran is a neighbor of Armenia and Azerbaijan and offered to mediate in the conflict.

Russia has called on the conflicting parties to

immediately withdraw fighters from illegal

.

Should these fighters prove true, the decades-old

would have

a new dimension.

There was no hard evidence of the use of mercenaries.

Previously,

a joint declaration calling for compliance with the ceasefire and dialogue.

While Armenia was open to negotiations, Azerbaijan refused.

With the support of Turkey, Azerbaijan emphasized several times that it wanted to wrest the area from Armenia.

The Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev had threatened to take back the area militarily if necessary.

He criticized that the years of negotiations had brought no progress for his country.

complaining about heavy artillery shelling from Azerbaijan for around a week and more than 200 dead in its own ranks and in Nagorno-Karabakh.

The capital Stepanakert in

was also heavily shelled with rockets on Friday.

Houses and infrastructure were destroyed.

One person died and eleven

other residents were injured, the authorities said.

War in the shadow of Europe: EU announces humanitarian aid - 28 fighters die in combat

Update from October 2, 8:27 p.m

.:

According to activists, at least

from Syria were killed in

battles in the controversial

.

Relatives of three fighters confirmed

their deaths to the

news

.

Images of

appeared in online media in northern Syria

.

They were among a total of around

that Ankara had sent to the region to support the Azerbaijani troops, as the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights announced on Friday.

This incident is particularly explosive because Armenia

had already accused

smuggling fighters from Syria into

.

Both Turkey and Azerbaijan had denied the allegation.

accused the opposing country of

, which are prohibited by international law.

Their use is heavily criticized from a humanitarian point of view, as "a significant percentage of the submunitions do not detonate, but

as

and endanger the population," as the

explains on its website.

Their use is prohibited in over 100 countries.

Like Russia, Turkey has an interest in

expanding

its

.

Russian President

and Armenian Prime Minister

expressed "serious concern" over reports of the involvement of "illegal armed groups from the Middle East," according to a Kremlin statement.

French President

called for a statement from Ankara.

War in Nagorno-Karabakh: New attacks in the region - EU offers emergency aid to civilians

Update from October 2, 3:34 p.m

.: The capital of the

region was

 Azerbaijani armed forces on Friday, according to Armenian information

.

in

the attacks on Stepanakert

, a representative of the Ministry of Defense in Yerevan said on his Facebook page.

"There are many civilians injured and civil infrastructure has been damaged," wrote Arzrun Owanissjan.

He did not

say which

in the attacks.

Previously, Armenia had agreed to

with

.

"ready" for talks within the so-called

the Organization for Cooperation and Development in Europe (OSCE), the Foreign Ministry announced in Yerevan on Friday.

Fights for Nagorno-Karabakh: EU calls for an immediate end to violence in the region

On the night of Friday, the

made a joint statement.

They called for an

in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict region in the South Caucasus.

The loss of life and the impact on the

are unacceptable, according to the statement published at the Brussels summit.

The EU Commission has also

announced

.

It is providing half a million euros for civilian victims of the fighting on both sides, the authority said on Friday in Brussels.

This would

finance

for several thousand people, and further future aid would be possible.

Nagorno-Karabakh: After the tense situation - Turkey and Russia want to coordinate closely

Update from October 1, 10:59 p.m.:

The signs in the

are pointing to relaxation instead of tension:

says it

has agreed with Turkey

to coordinate closely

in the conflict over the disputed

.

As the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced in Moscow, Foreign Minister

and his Turkish colleague

in a telephone

that both countries were ready for “close coordination” in order to “stabilize the situation”.

The aim is therefore to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict through “peaceful negotiations”.

Ankara initially gave no information about the content of the phone call.

From Turkish diplomatic circles it was reported that the topic was the "attack on Armenia".

Turkish President

had previously made a ceasefire conditional on the pro-Armenian fighters withdrawing from Nagorno-Karabakh and other parts of Azerbaijan.

Armenia must "withdraw from every area of ​​Azerbaijani territory," said Erdogan in a televised address.

Nagorno-Karabakh: This is what the conflict is about - Turkey and Russia play a major role

Nagorno-Karabakh

is located in

, but is mostly inhabited by Armenians, who also have the region under their control.

To date, the

Nagorno-Karabakh

not recognized internationally and is considered part of Azerbaijan under international law.

The conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh has been going on for decades.

However, the area had been relatively calm in recent years until new fighting flared up on Sunday.

The

for influence in the Caucasus region also plays an important role in

the conflict

.

Oil-rich Azerbaijan has upgraded its army in recent years and can count on the support of Turkey.

On Tuesday, the Armenian Defense Ministry announced that a Turkish F-16 jet had shot down an Armenian military aircraft.

Turkey rejected the allegation.

Russia is historically considered to be

and maintains a military base there.

At the same time, Moscow maintains good

and supplies it with weapons.

War in Nagorno-Karabakh: Several Hundred Fatalities?

French reporter seriously injured

Update from October 1, 9:02 p.m.:

Regardless of international calls for restraint, the fighting in the controversial

 continues.

On Thursday, the fighting even intensified, according to the Armenian Ministry of Defense.

"We demand an immediate cessation of hostilities," demanded the heads of state of the so-called

the Organization for Cooperation and Development in Europe (OSCE) in a joint statement.

The group to defuse the conflict has been led by Russia, France and the USA since 1992.

So far, however, there is no sign of de-escalation.

In the small town of Martuni, which is around 25 kilometers from the

, residents fled

to their cellars

from

on Thursday

.

“I built this house with my own hands,” said 54-year-old construction worker Artak Alojan, who was sitting in his basement with an older neighbor.

“I'm not going anywhere.

I will die here in the final battle. "

According to the Armenian Embassy in France,

two

who interviewed residents of Martuni were

by "Azerbaijani aerial bombs"

.

The reporter and photographer from

newspaper

were to be flown out, according to President Macron.

New massive disputes between Armenia & Azerbaijan alarm me.

Call on parties to immediately stop all fighting and especially the shelling of villages and towns.

Conflict over the region #BergKarabach can only be resolved in negotiations.-AM @HeikoMaas pic.twitter.com/QQ9xrTdzwu

- Federal Foreign Office (@AuswaertigesAmt) September 27, 2020

There is so far only incomplete information

on the

.

On the Armenian side, 104 soldiers and eight civilians are said to have been killed since Sunday.

Azerbaijan is silent about victims in its army and only speaks of 19 civilians killed.

A spokesman for the Armenian Defense Ministry said about 350 Azerbaijani soldiers were killed in the new skirmishes.

Nagorno-Karabakh: Jihadist fighters allegedly in disputed territory

Update from October 1, 16:39:

In the conflict area

fighters by French Information

active, who came to the region via Turkey.

French President

spoke

of a "very serious matter"

ahead of the start of the

in Brussels on Thursday.

This should be discussed with the other EU heads of state and government.

The summit lasts until Friday.

Update from October 1, 3:22 p.m

.: Turkish President

has described efforts by the

,

and

for a ceasefire in the

as "unacceptable".

Before the parliament in Ankara on Thursday he accused the three states of ignoring the problem in the region for almost 30 years.

That is why one is now confronted with these "negative developments".

The

in the conflict supported its ally

.

Erdogan described

in the speech as a "bandit state" that had to withdraw from Nagorno-Karabakh.

That is a prerequisite for lasting peace.

By contrast, the

presidents of the

,

and

a joint statement on Thursday calling for a return to an unconditional ceasefire.

Nagorno-Karabakh: War in the shadow of Europe - Trump and Putin intervene

Update from October 1, 2:30 p.m.:

According to the Kremlin, the presidents of the USA, Russia and France have

condemned

the military violence in the

conflict region in a joint statement

.

Heavy shelling had raged between the two warring countries Armenia and Azerbaijan in the past few days.

As the Kremlin announced in Moscow, they called on Thursday for an immediate cessation of fighting and a return to the ceasefire.

The declaration was signed by US President

, France's head of state

and Kremlin chief

.

In Stepanakert, the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh, things initially remained quiet on Thursday.

However, a large contingent of police made the tense situation clear.

During the night, the city, darkened by the fighting, was shaken by two explosions.

Apparently none of the conflicting parties achieved any noteworthy military successes.

Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict continues

Update from September 30, 3:14 p.m.:

The conflict between

over the

region

remains tense.

On Wednesday (September 30th) the Armenian Prime Minister

an offer to mediate by

.

Both parties to the conflict announced a continuation of intense fighting along the front line, which extends over 180 kilometers.

With the interference of other countries, international fears are growing that the conflict could spread and even develop into a proxy war between Russia and Turkey.

Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict: Russia offers to negotiate - Armenia refuses

With regard to the "intense military conflicts" it is "inappropriate" to speak of a "summit between Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia",

the Russian news agency Interfax.

In order for negotiations to take place, a

would first have to be

created.

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The image released by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense shows the Azerbaijani armed forces destroying the Armenian air defense system on the line of contact of the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Azerbaijan.

© dpa

Russia

had offered to mediate between the warring neighboring states.

The UN Security Council had also asked both sides to return to the negotiating table and end the fighting "immediately".

At least

killed, including 17 civilians,

since it began on Sunday

.

Both countries communicate that they have inflicted even greater losses on their respective opponents.

First report from September 30th, 10.55 a.m .:

Baku / Yerevan - On the fourth day in a row, heavy shelling broke out between the two warring countries Armenia and Azerbaijan.

The conflict over the South Caucasus region Nagorno-Karabakh does not end.

On Wednesday morning (September 30) there was artillery fire along the entire demarcation line, said a

in Yerevan.

In contrast, the

maintains

that the city of Terter was attacked by the Armenians on its own territory.

Many people were injured and buildings were destroyed.

Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict: UN calls for talks and cessation of fighting

The

has called for the fighting to cease “immediately”.

The 15 Member States of the most powerful UN body called on the parties to the conflict "without hesitation" to the negotiating table. But they should be using the so-called Minsk Group of the

cooperate. The Security Council published on Tuesday evening (29 September) in New York a corresponding declaration.

Agreement does not seem to be in sight at first.

Both the

and the

had

announced

the

shortly before

.

Both sides claim to have already inflicted heavy losses on enemy troops.

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Conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh region in Azerbaijan

© Editor: M. Lorenz / Graphics: F. Bökelmann / dpa

In addition, the UN Security Council fears that the intervention of foreign powers will continue to pour fuel into the fire and that the new conflict will spread.

On Tuesday, the Armenian Defense Ministry alleged that a

had shot down an Armenian military plane.

immediately denied this.

The special summit of EU heads of state and government will also deal with the conflict on Thursday and Friday, as Council President Charles Michel announced.

Chancellor Angela Merkel * (CDU *) called on Tuesday in phone calls with

and

to return to the negotiating table within the Minsk group.

Russian President

on the other hand,

the "urgent need" for a ceasefire

during a telephone

with

.

The conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh flared up again after years

Nagorno-Karabakh

 is located in Azerbaijan, but is mostly inhabited by Armenians, who also have the region under their control.

The conflict over the region has been going on for decades.

After a bloody war with 30,000 dead, the formerly autonomous Soviet area

declared

its

in

the early 1990s

.

However, the region is not recognized by any country as a separate state and is still considered part of Azerbaijan internationally.

On Sunday the conflict had flared up again after years of relative calm.

The situation is complicated by the competition between

for greater influence in the South Caucasus.

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