Reports of Casualties as Fighting Erupts Along Tense Azerbaijan–Armenia Border

Since Azerbaijan retook the Nagorno-Karabakh region in 2020, border violence has flared up intermittently with their perennial foes in Armenia.

An ethnic Armenian soldier stands guard next to Nagorno-Karabakh's flag atop a hill near Charektar in the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh at a new border with Kalbajar district turned over to Azerbaijan, on Nov. 25, 2020. Sergei Grits/AP Photo

Violence along the Azerbaijan–Armenia border has flared up again amid claims by Armenia that Azerbaijan has imposed an illegal blockade on the flashpoint Nagorno-Karabakh region.

On the morning of Sept. 1, Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry claimed that Armenian troops had opened fire on Azerbaijani border positions, injuring one soldier.