Azerbaijan launches Karabakh operation, urges surrender
Sep 20, 2023
Baku [Azerbaijan], September 20:Azerbaijan on Tuesday launched an operation against the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region and demanded the surrender of Armenian separatists, warning it would "continue until the end". Separatists said Azerbaijan was using artillery, combat aircraft and attack drones and Armenian Prime Minister NikolPashinyan called it a "ground offensive". Fears of a fresh war have been growing recently, with Armenia accusing Azerbaijan of a troop build-up around the disputed Armenian-majority territory. An AFP journalist in the separatist stronghold of Stepanakert said blasts could be heard in the town.