– Several Dead After Armenia, Azerbaijan Exchange Fire As Border Crisis Escalates:
Armenia and Azerbaijan exchanged fire in the contested Nagorno-Karabkah region on Tuesday, resulting in deaths on both sides, Al-Jazeera reported.
Defense ministries from both countries issued statements on Tuesday afternoon saying their own troops had been killed in a clash close to the contested Lachin Corridor while blaming the opposing side for initiating the hostilities. “Armenian army positions deployed near the settlement of Dyg [at the countries’ shared border] opened heavy fire at Azerbaijani army positions,” Azerbaijan’s defense ministry said in a statement. “There are dead and wounded among Azerbaijani troops.”
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