Azerbaijan’s Second-Largest City Hit in Fighting With Armenia

Azerbaijan’s Second-Largest City Hit in Fighting With Armenia
A residential building burns after night of shelling during a military conflict in self-proclaimed Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh, Stepanakert, Azerbaijan, on Oct. 4, 2020. Areg Balayan/ArmGov PAN Photo via AP
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BAKU, Azerbaijan—The fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces continued on Oct. 4 over the separatist territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, with Azerbaijan’s second-largest city coming under attack and Azerbaijan claiming to have seized a town and several villages.

The clashes erupted on Sept. 27 and have killed dozens, marking the biggest escalation in the decades-old conflict over the region, which lies within Azerbaijan but is controlled by local ethnic Armenian forces backed by Armenia.