Armenia-Azerbaijan clash News

Meanwhile, both Azerbaijan and Armenia accused each other of killing civilians by shelling cities in and around the Nagorno-Karabakh region in an escalation of a month-long conflict over the mountain enclave that has defied three ceasefires.

The clashes are the worst since the 1990s, when some 30,000 people were killed and are spreading beyond the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave. They have raised international concern about stability in the South Caucasus, where pipelines carry Azeri oil and gas to world markets. The conflict threatens to drag in other regional powers as Azerbaijan is supported by Turkey, while Armenia has a defence pact with Russia. Hundreds of people have been killed in the past week of fighting between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces, including more than 40 civilians.