Armenians, Azeris Accuse Each Other of Striking Civilian Areas

A firefighter extinguishes a fire in a house caused by shelling in the fighting over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh in the town of Barda, Azerbaijan, on Oct. 5, 2020. Aziz Karimov/Reuters

YEREVAN/BAKU—Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other on Oct. 5 of attacking civilian areas on a ninth day of fighting, the deadliest in the South Caucasus region for more than 25 years.

Hundreds of people have been killed in the latest outbreak of war over Nagorno-Karabakh, a mountain enclave that belongs to Azerbaijan under international law but is populated and governed by ethnic Armenians.