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The Nagorno-Karabakh line of contact. Photo: Seymur Kazimov/OC Media.

2016 April War

In pictures: Azerbaijan’s advance into Nagorny Karabakh, two years on

by Seymur Kazimov

•3 min read

On the night of 2 April 2016, tensions on the Nagorny Karabakh line of contact erupted. Following four days of intense fighting, several strategic heights surrounding the Armenian-controlled village of Talish, including multiple Armenian positions, came under Azerbaijan’s control. According to Azerbaijan, the heights were being used to shell the nearby Azerbaijani village of Tap Garagoyunlu, and frequent ceasefire violations posed a threat to the city of Naftalan and several other vil

Analysis

Analysis | Total war: Karabakh’s militarised social democracy

by Volodymyr Soboliev

•9 min read

With its flat rate taxes and sky-high growth rates, Nagorno-Karabakh has been described by some as a Caucasian Tiger. In addition, money from abroad funds a generous, but militaristic social welfare system — combining to keep and grow its border villages, and swell the army’s ranks. For three decades the border between Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan has echoed with the crack of gunfire: the ceaseless noise of the oldest ‘frozen conflict’ in the former USSR. Yet for those living in Nago

Inhabitants of Alashan (Armine Avetisyan/OC Media)

2016 April War

A year after the war in Nagorno-Karabakh’s frontline village of Talish

by Armine Avetisyan

•7 min read

On 2 April 2016, the Four-Day War began, and Azerbaijani troops moved into the village of Talish in Nagorno-Karabakh. One year on, only a couple of dozen men remain in Talish — their wives and children waiting to return and rebuild their lives. More than a year after the Four-Day War, the Khalapyans’ home lies empty; the surviving members of the family have left Talish. The Khalapyans’ house lies at the edge of the village, and was the first that Azerbaijani soldiers entered. Pic