Armenia, Azerbaijan Clash Over Nagorno-Karabakh Region

Azerbaijani armored vehicles, one of which is destroyed by Armenian armed forces in the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, are shown in this still image from footage released by the Armenian Defense Ministry on Sept. 27, 2020. Defense Ministry of Armenia/Handout via Reuters

YEREVAN/BAKU—Armenia declared martial law and mobilized its male population on Sept. 27 after clashes with Azerbaijan over the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region, in which sources on both sides reported fatalities.

Authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh, a mainly ethnic Armenian region inside Azerbaijan that declared independence in 1991, also announced martial law and mobilized its male population after clashes which the two sides blamed on each other.