New Nagorno-Karabakh conflict looms

Azerbaijani protesters are blocking the only road linking Armenia to the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave and Russia, distracted by the Ukraine conflict, seems unable to resolve the situation


1915-16 Armenian genocide: Amid collapse of Ottoman Empire, hundreds of thousands of Christian Armenians are murdered or expelled from Turkey to Muslim Azerbaijan

1988-94 First Nagorno-Karabakh war: Armenian forces drive 725,000 Azeris from homes. Land swap proposal fails. War ends with Russian-brokered ceasefire. 17,500 dead

2020 Second Nagorno-Karabakh war: Azerbaijan, backed by Turkey, recaptures surrounding territory. Russian peacekeepers deployed in Artsakh and Lachin Corridor


GEORGIA
TURKEY
ARMENIA
AZERBAIJAN
RUSSIA
IRAN
Baku
100km 60 miles


Nagorno-Karabakh region (Soviet borders)

Breakaway majority-Armenian
Republic of Artsakh

Territory ceded to Azerbaijan under 2020 ceasefire


Population:
35,000 (Azeri estimate) 
120,000 (Armenian estimate) 
1950 Russian peacekeepers


ARMENIA 
Lake Sevan
Yerevan

Lachin Corridor
Links Armenia and Artsakh. Blocked

TURKEY
Nakhchivan (Azer.)
Goris
Lachin
Artsakh
AZERBAIJAN
Stepankert (Khankendi)
IRAN
Meghri / Zanzegur Corridor: Links Azerbaijan to Nakhchivan province
50km 30 miles


Sources: Haaretz, Reuters
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