Nagorno-Karabakh frozen conflict reignites

The smouldering conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan for the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh is experiencing some of its worst violence since the 1994 ceasefire that followed a bitter war

GEORGIA

Russian military base

ARMENIA

Yerevan

AZERBAIJAN

TURKEY

Occupied by Armenia

Line of contact

RUSSIA

AZERBAIJAN

Stepanakert

April 1-3: Fierce fighting in northeast kills 12 Azeri and 18 Armenian troops

NAGORNO-KARABAKH

Baku

CASPIAN SEA

IRAN

100km 60 miles

NAGORNO-KARABAKH Population: 150,000

Status: Lies within Azerbaijan, but under control of ethnic Armenian forces and Armenian military since 1994. Fierce fighting after collapse
of Soviet Union in 1991 killed up to 30,000 people and displaced over one million

Tensions: Outbreaks of violence between Christian Armenians and mostly Muslim Azeris along “line of contact” have escalated in recent years, threatening to destabilise region that supplies large quantities of oil to Europe

Source: Stratfor