Nagorno-Karabakh, the former Soviet Union’s oldest and most dangerous conflict, is waking up again. The 1994 ceasefire between Armenia and Azerbaijan is under severe strain. Where there was occasional sniper fire two years ago, mortars are now being fired. Rockets are raining down on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border and the ceasefire line east of Karabakh itself. There have been around a dozen casualties in the last week, writes Thomas de Waal, a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment, expert on the unresolved conflicts of the South Caucasus, in his article “Losing control in the Caucasus.”
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Source: Arminfo
