Fighting Rages Around Strategic City in Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenia Says

Fighting Rages Around Strategic City in Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenia Says
A view shows what is said to be the aftermath of recent shelling in the city of Stepanakert during a military conflict over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, in this handout photo released on Nov. 6, 2020. Armenian Unified Infocentre/Handout via Reuters
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YEREVAN/BAKU—Armenia reported heavy fighting around a strategic city in Nagorno-Karabakh on Monday, a day after Azerbaijan said it had captured it in a major breakthrough after six weeks of bloodshed.

People celebrated in the streets of Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku, on Sunday when President Ilham Aliyev announced his country’s forces had taken Shusha, which sits on a mountain top overlooking Nagorno-Karabakh’s main city, Stepanakert.