Source: The Independent
As atrocities mount in the war over Nagorny Karabakh, the Azeris are complinig a grim inventory of massacre victims From Hugh Pope in Baku THE GRUESOME extent of February’s killing of Azeris by Armenians in the town of Hojali is at last emerging in Azerbaijan – about 600 men, women and children dead in the […]
Source: The Boston Globe
By Paul Quinn-Judge, Globe Staff Azerbaijan charged yesterday that Armenian militants massacred men, women and children after forcing them from a town in Nagorno-Karabagh last week. Azerbaijani officials said 1000 Azeris had been killed in town of Khojaly and that Armenian fighters then slaughtered men, women and children fleeing across snow-covered mountain passes. Armenian officials […]
Source: The Independent
RUSSIA and Turkey stand together in condemning Armenia’s invasion of Azerbaijan and may send a joint peacekeeping force to the region, the Turkish Prime Minister, Tansu Ciller, said yesterday. Mrs Ciller was speaking to reporters after meeting the Russian ‘Prime Minister, Viktor Chernomyrdin, and President Boris Yeltsin in the Kremlin. Turkey, a member of Nato, […]
Source: Los Angeles Times
Republics: At least 200 civilians and 200 soldiers were reported killed in the battle for Agdam. By SONNI EFRON TIMES STAFF WRITER MOSCOW — In the worst defeat for Azerbaijan in five years of war, Armenian forces have struck deep into Azerbaijan and were poised Saturday to seize a southern swath of the country. The capture Friday of […]
Source: The New York Times
The victorious push by Armenian troops through the province of Kelbajar has forced thousands of Azerbaijanis to flee. Women and children tried to board helicopters in Kelbajar on Monday. About 39,000 people fleeing the fighting have passed through refugee centers. Attacks in Caucasus Bring New Tide of Refugees Special to The New York Times AT […]
Source: Chicago Tribune
Tiny refugee: A boy made a refugee by the fighting in the mainly Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh in Azerbaijan sits near his makeshift home Tuesday in Agdam. Armenian-Azerbaijani peace talks are to scheduled to begin on Thursday.
Source: The New York Times
At a cemetery in Agdam, Azerbaijan, family members and friends grieved during the burial of victims killed in the fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh. Chingiz Iskanderov, right, hugged the coffin containing the remains of his brother, one of the victims. A copy of the Koran lay atop the coffin. Publication date 03/06/1992 Courtesy of Karabagh Truths platform
Source: The Independent
The Karabakh conflict has displaced thousands of Azeris, like these from the Jebrail district (Photograph: Hugh Pope) Azeri refugees pray for peace and head home PERCHED on top of trucks loaded with everything from bedsteads to the family chickens, a trickle of Azeris has begun to head back to their homes in the foothills of […]