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Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict: Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire in hopes sink as death toll rises

Soldiers take a smoke break as they are heading towards the front line in Hadrut, Nagorno-Karabakh, which is also internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan, on Tuesday.
Soldiers take a smoke break as they are heading towards the front line in Hadrut, Nagorno-Karabakh, which is also internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan, on Tuesday. Photo credit: Getty

Hopes of a humanitarian ceasefire ending fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh sank further on Thursday as the death toll mounted and Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other of launching new attacks.

Armenia accused Turkey of blocking flights carrying emergency aid from using its airspace, and Azerbaijan's president warned of "new victims and new bloodshed" from fighting over the mountain enclave that broke out on September 27.

Azeri President Ilham Aliyev demanded that Armenia "halt attempts to capture liberated territories back" and said his country would take all regions of Nagorno-Karabakh if Armenia "acts negatively."

Last Saturday's ceasefire, aimed at letting the sides swap detainees and bodies of those killed in the clashes, has had little impact on the fighting around Nagorno-Karabakh, a mountain territory internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan but populated and governed by ethnic Armenians.

Reuters

A local secondary school building damaged by a shelling attack.
A local secondary school building damaged by a shelling attack. Photo credit: Getty
Armenian community organized a demonstration in front of Montecitorio to ask Italy to condemn invasion of Nagorno-Karabakh and call for an end to the violence and clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan for the self-proclaimed republic of Artsak.
Armenian community organized a demonstration in front of Montecitorio to ask Italy to condemn invasion of Nagorno-Karabakh and call for an end to the violence and clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan for the self-proclaimed republic of Artsak. Photo credit: Getty
Aftermath of a direct impact of an azeri rocket on a car in the streets of Stepanakert during the clashes between Azerbaijan and Nagorno Karabakh armies on October 13, 2020.
Aftermath of a direct impact of an azeri rocket on a car in the streets of Stepanakert during the clashes between Azerbaijan and Nagorno Karabakh armies on October 13, 2020. Photo credit: Getty
A military officer stands next to a burnt out vehicle near a destroyed military hospital after a shelling attack.
A military officer stands next to a burnt out vehicle near a destroyed military hospital after a shelling attack. Photo credit: Getty