Caucasus dual-corridor peace truce
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A Russian-brokered peace deal that ended six weeks of fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, echoes a U.S.-Turkish peace plan from 28 years ago
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1915-16: During fall of Ottoman Empire, hundreds of thousands of Christian Armenians are murdered or expelled from Turkey to Muslim Azerbaijan
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Late 1980s: As Soviet Union collapses, Armenian enclave in Azerbaijan declares independence. Separatist Nagorno- Karabakh votes to become part of Armenia
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1988. Ethnic conflict: Armenian forces drive some 600,000 Azeris from Karabakh and adjacent districts, confiscating Azeri property
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Mar 1992: U.S. secretary of state Cyrus Vance (above) visits Karabakh and Armenia to propose land swap peace deal. Mediation fails
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May 1994: Russian- brokered ceasefire. War kills 17,500
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Sep 27, 2020: Conflict begins. Armenia claims that Turkey has deployed Syrian militants to support Azeri forces
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Nov 10. Peace truce: Armenians to return Azeri districts captured in 1988 conflict
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Land swap deal:
Armenians to receive access rights to Lachin Corridor, linking Karabakh to Armenia
Azerbaijan to be linked to Nakhchivan region and Turkey via Meghri Corridor
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Russian peacekeepers to guarantee security, including Lachin and Meghri corridors

Districts handed over by Armenian forces to Azerbaijan

Territory seized by Azerbaijan during conflict

AZERBAIJAN
NAGORNO-KARABAKH
Kalbajar
Stepanakert
Lachin
Meghri Corridor
Murovdag mountains
Lake Sevan
ARMENIA
Lachin Corridor
Goris
Gubadli 
Nakhchivan
To Turkey
Aghdam
Fuzuli 
Jabrayil
IRAN
Zangilan
AZERBAIJAN

20km 12 miles
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Sources: Al Monitor, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Picture: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS