War escalates in Europe's shadow: Erdogan officers and Islamist terrorists on duty?

A ceasefire is a long way off in the Nagorno-Karabakh war.

Mediation has so far failed, the violence continues.

• No ceasefire is in sight in the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

• The

  war in Nagorno-Karabakh

  may have already claimed several hundred lives.

• This ticker is updated continuously.

Update from October 4, 5:26 p.m.:

The conflict in

continues to escalate.

The Region capital

is the target of heavy

-

become.

Armenia's authorities posted

showing cars burning on the streets and buildings burning after rocket hits.

The

Ministry of Defense in Baku, in turn, accused the "enemy" of heavy shelling at its villages on the demarcation line to Nagorno-Karabakh.

For the first time in decades, both countries have declared a

.

In addition, both sides accuse each other of

: In almost verbatim messages from their foreign ministries, both countries accused each other of deliberately targeting the

civilian population and infrastructure.

The ministries in Baku and Yerevan announced that this was a breach of international humanitarian law.

Azerbaijan is accused of using

and

from the war zones in Syria and Libya as mercenaries in the fight against the Christian Karabakh Armenians.

There is talk of thousands of fighters.

Armenia speaks of 2,750 dead on the opposing side.

Azerbaijan had also spoken of more than 2,300 dead - on the Armenian side.

War in Nagorno-Karabakh: Attacks continue - Merkel is apparently supposed to intervene now

Update: October 4, 14.30: Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Paschinjan

Europe in light of the fighting in

before

warned.

“I expect a clear position.

If the international community does not correctly assess the geopolitical significance of this situation,

should

soon expect

near Vienna, ”Pashinyan told the“ Bild ”newspaper, according to an advance notice on Sunday. 

When asked whether the federal government should publicly declare who started the current conflict over

, Pashinyan replied: “Yes.

And Germany should

evaluate

the involvement of terrorists and mercenaries recruited in Syria in this conflict in the region by

. "After a hundred years, Turkey returned to the South Caucasus region" to continue the genocide of the

that took place in autumn 1915 of

took place, "Paschinjan said.

He

accused

Turkish President

an imperialist policy that extended much further than in the South Caucasus.

"Let's look at Turkey's actions in the Mediterranean, Libya, the Middle East and Iraq and Syria," said Pashinyan.

On the phone with the head of the

,

expressed her concern, according to the German government, and demanded that "all sides must immediately stop the fighting and start negotiations".

War in Nagorno-Karabakh: Telephone calls between Angela Merkel and the Armenian Prime Minister

Update from October 4, 9:15 a.m.:

has

accused

being directly involved in the fighting.

"There are 150 high-ranking Turkish officers who lead Azerbaijan's military operations," said

in a speech to his people on Saturday evening.

"The scale of the offensive is unprecedented."

had previously said that Turkey, as an ally of his country, was not involved in the fighting.

There is fighting across the front line, said Pashinyan.

"We are facing a fateful chapter in our history." The

target of Azerbaijan and Turkey, said the head of government.

On Saturday evening, the

Armenpress reported, he

phoned

for the second time within a few days

.

She informed them about the involvement of

. 

Aliyev, in turn, thanked Turkish President

for his help

in a letter published by his office that evening

.

He pointed out that

condemned

actions

.

War in Nagorno-Karabakh: New attacks from Azerbaijan - power grid collapses

Update from October 4, 9:00 a.m.:

The capital of the self-proclaimed

again the target of attacks on Sunday.

In

sirens wailed in the morning, shortly afterwards the city was

shaken

by

.

This was reported by AFP reporters.

In addition, the Russian news agency Interfax reported, citing the foreign ministry of the self-appointed republic, a "

" in Stepanakert.

The residents hid in basements and shelters to protect themselves from the attacks.

On Sunday night, the power supply in Stepanakert collapsed because the

had hit “a power supply facility”, according to the local foreign ministry.

On Saturday night,

on 19

had been reported, whereupon the

a "counterstrike". 

There is currently no reliable information

on the

.

Both parties to the conflict speak of thousands of fighters killed on the opponent's side.

War in Nagorno-Karabakh: New battles at the weekend - Russia and Turkey in the middle of the conflict

Yerevan / Baku - The acts of war in the border region of

and

continued over the weekend.

Both states reported fighting in the

area

, which belongs to Azerbaijan but has been controlled by Armenia for decades.

The information on the previous victims of the war, which is progressing on the edge of Europe, differ.

According to Armenian data, the

could be

well over 200.

Turkey and Russia are involved in what is happening on different sides.

War in Nagorno-Karabakh: Both states report new battles

Armenia said

from Azerbaijan had advanced to Nagorno-Karabakh on Saturday, October 3rd, both from the north and from the south.

Azerbaijan again reported that Armenia had shelled several places on its territory.

From the point of view of Azerbaijan, the Nagorno-Karabakh region is illegally occupied by Armenia.

Accordingly, head of state

justified

the advance of his army against Emanuel Macron.

The French President tried to find a peaceful solution in a telephone conversation.

He

could not achieve

a

.

Like Russia and the US, France has been a long-time mediator in the conflict.

Turkey and Russia are indirectly involved in the Nagorno-Karabakh war

The international significance of the war is also due to the different protective powers of the participating states.

Thus, the true

as an ally of Azerbaijan, while

is on the side of Armenia.

With the current escalation of the Nagorno-Karabakh war, concerns are growing about the role Turkey might play.

Armenia has accused Turkey of

relocating

thousands of

from the war zones in Syria and Libya to the

.

Russia had also spoken of plausible evidence of this.

After a week

, the

seem

to be a long way from

a peaceful agreement

even without outside interference.

Azerbaijan's President Aliyev rejected further negotiations with Armenia: “We do not have time to wait another 30 years.

The conflict has to be resolved now. ”Both parties initially continue to seek the solution by force of arms.