Azerbaijan claims to have captured key town in Nagorno-Karabakh

Azerbaijan has said it has recaptured the symbolic town of Shusha, a claim denied by Armenian officials as fighting in the bloody six-week-old battle over the Nagorno-Karabakh territory appeared to reach an apex.

“[This day] will become a great day in the history of Azerbaijan,” said Azerbaijan’s president, Ilham Aliyev, in a televised address. His announcement on Sunday was greeted with celebrations on the streets of Baku as Azerbaijanis gathered to wave flags and sing.

However, Armenian Defense Ministry spokesman Artsrun Ovannisian said on Facebook after Aliyev's claim that “fighting in Shushi is continuing. Wait and believe in our troops.”

Nagorno-Karabakh's emergencies committee also reported strong fighting in other parts of the region, including the large eastern town of Martuni.

Shushi is of significant military value because it sits on heights about 10 kilometers (six miles) south of the region’s capital of Stepanakert and lies along the main road connecting Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia.

At least 1,000 people have died in nearly six weeks of fighting in and around Nagorno-Karabakh, a mountainous enclave internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan but populated and controlled by ethnic Armenians.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/08/azerbaijan-claims-to-have-captured-key-city-in-nagorno-karabakh

Source: https://news.yahoo.com/azerbaijani-leader-forces-seize-key-094619103.html

Source: https://www.arabnews.com/node/1760011/world

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