Armenia and Azerbaijan traded accusations of new attacks on Saturday in breach of a ceasefire deal to halt nearly two weeks of fierce fighting over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. The agreement, which was reached in the early hours of Saturday and took effect at noon, did seem to be having some impact, with the regional…
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Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed on Saturday to a ceasefire and to begin “substantive talks” over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh after nearly two weeks of fierce clashes. Bitter fighting in the South Caucasian region has claimed hundreds of lives, forced thousands to flee, and stirred fears of a full-blown war that could suck in regional…