Explosions, bomb raids and artillery heard in disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region

Smoke seen in the Nagorno-Karabakh mountains after Azerbaijan announced an operation targeting Armenian military positions.
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The Azerbaijan defence ministry said the operation began hours after four soldiers and two civilians died in landmine explosions in the Nagorno-Karabakh region. The bombardment of the blockaded region, which local Armenians call Artsakh, could reopen a bloody 2020 war in which Azerbaijan retook land from a local Armenian population amid widespread accusations of war crimes.

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