FRANCE 24 English published this video item, entitled “Who’ll stop the fighting? Worst Armenia-Azerbaijan border clashes in decades” – below is their description.
Who’s going to stop the fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan? Yes there were periodic flare ups since the mid-1990s and the brutal border war that accompanied the breakup of the Soviet Union in Nagorno-Karabakh. But why does the fighting over that mostly Armenian speaking separatist enclave seem so much more intense this time? France 24’s teams are on both sides.
FRANCE 24 English YouTube Channel
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