Why new fighting in troubled Azerbaijan region may herald a new war with Armenia

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Azerbaijan’s launch of reportedly intense artillery firing in the Nagorno-Karabakh region on Tuesday raised fears that another full-scale conflict with Armenia could be underway, less than three years after a war that killed more than 6,000 people.

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00:00 Thousands of Armenians outside parliament buildings demanding the resignation of Prime

00:04 Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

00:06 They say he has betrayed the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave after Azerbaijan opened fire in the

00:12 region in what it calls an anti-terrorist operation.

00:16 But he maintains Armenian troops are not taking part in the fresh clashes.

00:20 "The Republic of Armenia is not involved in military operations and I want to reiterate

00:27 that the Republic of Armenia does not have troops in Nagorno-Karabakh."

00:34 Armenian authorities in war-torn Karabakh say two civilians have been killed and 25 people

00:43 injured.

00:44 This after Baku warned it would continue its offensive in the territory until "the end".

00:51 "The purpose of the ceasefire is to bring the ceasefire to a level of ceasefire, to create

00:58 a ceasefire, to expand the activities of the Azerbaijan government against the Armenian

01:05 people, to create a ceasefire, to create a ceasefire, to create a ceasefire, to create

01:12 a ceasefire, to create a ceasefire, to create a ceasefire, to create a ceasefire, to create

01:20 a ceasefire, to create a ceasefire, to create a ceasefire, to create a ceasefire, to create

01:28 a ceasefire, to create a ceasefire, to create a ceasefire, to create a ceasefire, to create

01:35 (whooshing)

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