Follow us on Instagram. The Azerbaijani government has moved swiftly to exert control over the region announcing “temporary special administration in the liberated territories” which border Iran. November 8, 2020 2 min read Matt Harris ‘We showed to the world that Upper Karabakh has always been historical Azerbaijani lands,’ President Aliyev announced after Shusha city was liberated. Occupied Nagorno-Karabakh: Azerbaijan retakes Shusha from Armenian forces Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev announced in a televised message that the strategic city of Shusha, which remained in the illegal occupation of Armenia for more than two and a half decades, had been retaken by Azerbaijan's army. Earlier this year the Armenian occupied region of Karabakh held “presidential elections” which saw Arayik Harutyunyan being elected with more than 88 percent of the vote. The capture of Shusha is a major victory for Azerbaijan six weeks after new fighting erupted over Nagorno-Karabakh , an ethnic Armenian enclave that broke away from Azerbaijan’s control in the 1990s. "Liberation of Shusha city also implies that liberation of remaining occupied territories is in sight," Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at the 7th regular provincial congress of ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party in the northwestern Kocaeli province on Sunday. They first occupied Khankendi in 1991. "Our victory march continues. A picture is worth a thousand words. Shusha city liberated from Armenia's occupation: Azerbaijan ANKARA. India's Covid-19 surge: Is the government 'missing' in action? The current flare-up in fighting is the most serious fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan since they fought a lengthy war between 1988 and 1994 resulting in a heavy human toll. On Feb. 26, 1992, the town of Khojaly fell into their hands, and then Shusha on May 8, 1992. It had been under the control of Armenian forces since 1992. Besides its strategic importance, Shusha – occupied by Armenia on May 8, 1992 – is known as a symbol of Azerbaijani history and culture. Azerbaijan has said it has recaptured the symbolic town of Shusha, a claim denied by Armenian officials as fighting in the bloody six-week-old battle … A Moscow-brokered ceasefire deal that Baku and Yerevan signed on November 10 brought an end to six weeks of fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Also, Omer Celik, the spokesman for the ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party, expressed happiness over the Shusha victory. Congratulations on your victory, my dear brother [country]," Oktay said on Twitter. The first armistice, reached on October 10, was violated within 24 hours as Armenian missile attacks on the Azerbaijani city of Ganja claimed many civilian lives. Turkish officials welcomed Shusha's liberation. The ‘Victory Road’ leading to the Azerbaijani city of Shusha, previously liberated from Armenian occupation, will be commissioned in September 2021, Anar Najafli, spokesman for the State Agency of Azerbaijan Automobile Roads, said on Thursday. The decree states that securing public infrastructure and gathering information left behind in the region will be the top priorities as Baku seeks to consolidate its gains. Najafli reminded that … The Azerbaijani city of Shusha has been liberated from the occupation of Armenian forces, the country's leader announced on Nov. 8.. Through the intermediary and participation of the Russian peacekeeping forces stationed in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the bodies of several servicemen who died on the battlefield around the Shusha city were collected, Trend reports citing Azerbaijani Ministry of … By continuing to browse the site you are agreeing to our use of cookies. Azerbaijani troops neutralise Armenian forces in Aghdara, Hojavend, Gubadli fronts and get closer to the town of Shusha, whose capture would mark a turning point in Nagorno-Karabakh fighting. This site uses cookies. Armenia, however, has denied the town has been taken by Azerbaijan. "After 28 years, the adhan [call to prayer] will be heard in Shusha," Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said in his address to the nation. MOSCOW — Russian peacekeeping forces were deployed … Fast forward to October 2020, the Azerbaijani army is on the outskirts of the town of Shusha as part of its ongoing effort to liberate areas from Armenian backed separatists. The agreed ceasefire was meant to give way to a political solution. Azerbaijan said Sunday its forces had captured the key town of Shusha from Armenian separatists in Nagorno-Karabakh, but Armenia insisted that fighting for the strategically vital area was ongoing. It is de jure part of the Shusha District of Azerbaijan, although it had been controlled by the unrecognised Republic of Artsakh since the end of the First Nagorno-Karabakh War in 1994, as part of its Shushi Province. The region, renamed Artsakh by the Armenians, is not recognised by any other country, including Armenia as a separate entity. In recent days the Azerbaijani army has also made inroads towards the town of Lacin, which borders Armenia and is the main gateway via which Armenia re-supplies the region of Karabakh with armaments and supplies necessary to maintain control of the region. The fact that clashes erupted inside Shusha itself already demonstrate the scale of the troubles faced by the Armenians. Azerbaijan has said it has recaptured the symbolic town of Shusha, a claim denied by Armenian officials as fighting in the bloody six-week-old battle … The occupation of Azerbaijan's Karabakh region by Armenia came after both countries gained independence in 1991. The deadly fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia that reignited in Nagorno-Karabakh in late September is entering a decisive phase. The latest US-brokered temporary humanitarian ceasefire between Azerbaijan and Armenia went into effect on October 26. Some 3,064 houses and 100 multi-apartment residential buildings have been destroyed, while 504 civilian facilities have been damaged. Relations between the two former Soviet republics have been tense since 1991, when the Armenian military occupied Upper Karabakh, or Nagorno-Karabakh, an internationally recognized territory of Azerbaijan, and neighbouring regions. Azerbaijan says Armenia hit Shusha with 'deadly' missiles How were such deadly weapons procured by Armenian army, asks President Ilham Aliyev News Service 08:39 April 13, 2021 AA And the day after the trial of al-Shkheri and al-Haji took place in Armenia, Azerbaijan’s general prosecutor’s office announced that it was charging a Lebanese-Armenian man with being a “terrorist” and “mercenary.” The man, Vicken Euljekjian, was captured following the ceasefire announcement while trying to return to Shusha, where he had recently moved with his fiancée. A Moscow-brokered ceasefire deal that Baku and Yerevan signed on November 10 brought an end to six weeks … Following the capture of Shusha, the second-largest settlement in Nagorno-Karabakh, a ceasefire agreement was signed between the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, the Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan, and the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, ending all hostilities in the area from 00:00, 10 November 2020 Moscow Time. Most likely, the Azerbaijani-Turkish bloc wants to repeat the Hadrut scenario by taking control of the main heights surrounding Shusha and block the main nearby roads with drone and artillery fire. I do not quite understand the essence of this hypothetical threat, I mean, it was about the return of civilians to their homes, while the Armenian side was to have retained control over this section of Nagorno-Karabakh, including Shusha, and meaning that our peacekeepers were there, which we have agreed upon both with Armenia and Azerbaijan. Media representatives have begun trip to Azerbaijan’s liberated territories, to get acquainted with the construction of the 'Victory Road' and the Ahmadbayli-Fizuli-Shusha road, Trend reports. On November 6, Azerbaijani troops reached the outskirts of the city of Shusha, a cornerstone of the entire Armenian defense. Spokesman for Nagorno-Karabakh leader says Azeri troops were in control of disputed region’s second-biggest city. Armenia first received the Iskander-E tactical operational missiles from Russia in 2013. The city is located at an altitude of 1,300–1,600 meters above sea level, about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from the regional capital Stepanakert, referred to by the Azerbaijanis … We ask our correspondent Andrew Hopkins pic.twitter.com/TNIHxEAEGH. Ethnic Armenians confirm loss of Shusha to Azeri forces. The town’s capture would also indicate that Azerbaijan had overrun a main road connecting Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, which is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan … In a televised address to the nation, Azerbaijani President Ilham … Another truce on October 17 was also violated by Armenia troops. A picture is worth a thousand words. Shusha, just like the other cities of Azerbaijan, was divided into mehelles that differed in size and configuration as a result of the unique topographical relief of Shusha itself. If Shusha falls into Turkish hands, the fate of the central part of Nagorno-Karabakh will be predetermined. “Shusha is ours! Fresh clashes broke out on September 27, and since then Armenia has repeatedly attacked Azerbaijani civilians and forces, even violating three humanitarian cease-fire agreements since October 10. President Ilham Aliyev was informed about the military equipment seized from the Armenian army during the recent war in Karabakh at a ceremony held to inaugurate the Military Trophy Park in the capital Baku. [APA, Azerbaijan] In back is the church of the Holy Mother of God (Kanach Zham). Consecutive UN resolutions have made it clear that the region is part Azerbaijan. Hours after Azerbaijan's defense ministry posted the Shusha video online, the Russian defense ministry said a Russian military helicopter was shot down over Armenia near the border with Azerbaijan. Since then however, the conflict froze and Armenia moved to entrench its presence on the ground through demographic engineering. Shusha is a dear homeland to Karabakh Azerbaijanis, and it means the world to all Azerbaijanis. “Today is a memorable day in the history of Azerbaijan, we have taken back Shusha,” Ilham Aliyev told the nation. The Azerbaijani city of Shusha has been liberated from the occupation of Armenian forces, the country’s leader announced on Sunday. “Shusha is indispensable for Azerbaijan's counter-offensive campaign,” says Rauf Mammadov, a scholar at the Middle East Institute in Washington. By Roni Sianturi, 11 November, 2020. Armenia's firing of a missile from the Iskander-M operational-tactical system at the Azerbaijani Shusha city is a war crime, Bakhtiyar Aliyev, Chairman of Azerbaijan’s Parliamentary Committee on Science and Education, told Trend on Apr.6.. Our victory walk proceeds. Presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin also shared his congratulations on the liberation of the strategically important city of Azerbaijan via Twitter. The Azerbaijani city of Shusha has been liberated from the occupation of Armenian forces, the country’s leader announced on Sunday. Ruins of the Armenian part of Shusha after the 1920 pogrom. Azerbaijan claimed Monday that the Armenian army used "deadly weapons" to target Shusha, the country's cultural capital. Baku’s significant advances in Karabakh has surprised many, who firstly didn’t expect the conflict to last this long or to see Azerbaijan regaining crucial parcels of territory that it had not controlled since the 1994 ceasefire. According to Aliyev, this issue needs to be investigated and the incident has given a legal and political assessment. Shusha — which was occupied by Armenian forces on May 8, 1992 — has critical importance in liberating Nagorno-Karabakh, or Upper Karabakh region, which is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan. But Armenian officials were quick to deny the claim that Shusha had been seized. History of the battle of Shusha in 1992. Follow us on Instagram. Live in happiness with your tricolor flag, Azerbaijan," he said. Hours after Azerbaijan's defense ministry posted the Shusha video online, the Russian defense ministry said a Russian military helicopter was shot down over Armenia near the border with Azerbaijan. Shusha: Armenia reports fighting, denies Azeri ‘victory’ claim. By Trend. "After 28 years, the adhan [call to prayer] will be heard in Shusha," Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said in his address to the nation on Sunday. Azerbaijan: Shusha city liberated from Armenia’s occupation. Lacin and Shusha together are two of the most strategically important areas in the Karabakh region, says Rusif Huseynov, a foreign policy expert and director of Baku-based think tank Topchubashov Center. Armenia and neighboring Azerbaijan have a long-standing dispute over the possession of Nagorno-Karabakh, home to some 150,000 inhabitants (mostly ethnic Armenians) and located in the west of Azerbaijan. Politically for Baku it would be essential to capture one or both of these two towns. Armenia's firing of a missile from the Iskander-M operational-tactical system at the Azerbaijani Shusha city is a war crime, Bakhtiyar Aliyev, Chairman of Azerbaijan’s Parliamentary Committee on Science and Education, told Trend on Apr.6.. November 8, 2020. Azerbaijan said Sunday its forces had captured the key town of Shusha from Armenian separatists in Nagorno-Karabakh, but Armenia insisted that fighting for the strategically vital area was ongoing. As the war is unfolding in Karabakh the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and Jeyhun Bayramov are having a face to face meeting in Geneva. The Iskander missiles launched by Armenian Armed Forces at Azerbaijan's Shusha city during the 44-day war from late Sept. through early Nov.2020 had exploded, Chief of the Azerbaijani Mine Action Agency's Operational Headquarters Idris Ismayilov said on Friday. Shusha was occupied by Armenian forces on May 8, 1992, and was the last of Azerbaijan’s cities to be liberated from the Armenian occupation. Subscribe to our Youtube channel for all latest in-depth, on the ground reporting from around the world. “Timely success in Shusha will also equip Baku with the upper-hand at the negotiation table with the adversary, provided, of course, if the Armenian side opts for the negotiation,” he added. “It is essential for both military and political reasons. "We proved to the world Upper Karabakh is historical Azerbaijani lands," he said. Azerbaijan said Sunday its forces had captured the key town of Shusha from Armenian separatists in Nagorno-Karabakh, but Armenia insisted that fighting for … Shusha was the first capital of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region, formed in 1923, within Azerbaijan and the Azerbaijani majority prevailed in this city almost always – from the moment of its foundation until May 1992. As reported, the trip is carried out with the organizational support of the State Agency of Azerbaijan Automobile Roads. The region has significant strategic and cultural importance for Azerbaijan. Shusha sits on hills above the territory's capital Stepanakert (known as Khankendi in Azerbaijan) and lies on the road linking the city with Armenian territory. Shusha, referred to by the Armenians as Shushi, was the second-largest city in the Nagorno-Karabakh region prior to the 2020 war. That didn’t stop Harutyunyan from declaring himself president and holding his controversial inauguration in the town of Shusha, angering Azerbaijan in the process. Subscribe to our Youtube channel for all latest in-depth, on the ground reporting from around the world. In the case of Hadrut, this forced the Armenians to withdraw their forces from the town. By Trend. 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Azerbaijan said Sunday its forces had captured the key town of Shusha from Armenian separatists in Nagorno-Karabakh, but Armenia insisted that fighting for the strategically vital area was ongoing.. “After 28 years, the adhan [call to prayer] will be heard in Shusha,” Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev — wearing a military uniform — said in his address to the nation. For Azerbaijanis, Shusha is the embodiment of Karabakh, its soul,” says Mammadov. Every mehelle was made up of families, craftsmen or communities of tradesmen and included a public square, mosque, school, mekteb or medrese , bathhouse and shopping bazaar. It is located on the road to Khankendi, the region's largest city. “Both Lachin and Shusha are game-changers and capturing at least one of them means an important turn in the course of the war, capturing both would automatically end the conflict,” says Huseynov. 27 years since the Armenian-Azerbaijani battle for Shusha/Shushi Share May 8-9 are memorable days in Azerbaijan, Armenia and Karabakh – Azerbaijan marks the day on its calendar as the day of occupation of the city of Shusha [Azerbaijani spelling] while Armenia and Karabakh celebrate it as the day of liberation of Shushi [Armenian spelling]. ... Armenia and Azerbaijan have accused each other of starting new rounds of hostilities, and have repeatedly blamed the other side for striking civilian targets. “Timely success in Shusha will also equip Baku with the upper-hand at the negotiation table with the adversary, provided, of course, if the Armenian side opts for the negotiation,” he added. Azerbaijan Win, Beat Armenia on Shusha Liberation, Nagorno-Karabakh. With three broken ceasefire attempts behind them, it will be difficult to see what the meeting will achieve in particular with Azerbaijan having the upper-hand on the battlefield. It is located on the road to Khankendi, the region’s largest city. Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu joined them in welcoming the liberation of Shusha, which he called the capital of culture. He also said Turkey shares the happiness of Azerbaijani people, who have been liberating their occupied cities and Karabakh step-by-step. The town, known as Shusha to Azerbaijanis and Shushi to Armenians, sits at a commanding height overlooking several mountain valleys and Nagorno-Karabakh’s capital, Stepanakert, and it … However, it was short-lived, as only a few minutes after it got effective, Armenian forces again violated the truce. Shusha was one of the main targets of the Armenians. Liberation of Shusha is said to have a critical impact on liberating the entire Nagorno-Karabakh region, which is an internationally recognized territory of Azerbaijan but occupied by Armenia. “The success of the Shusha operation could also inflict severe damages to the resistance of the Armenian forces. About 20 percent of Azerbaijan's territory – including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent regions – has been under illegal Armenian occupation for nearly three decades. In Bitter Nagorno-Karabakh War, a Reordering of Regional Powers Russia and Turkey emerged as power brokers as Moscow forged the peace agreement and Ankara backed the victorious Azerbaijanis. By Roni Sianturi, 11 November, 2020. By regaining major mountainous towns, Azerbaijan will ease its way towards Lachin and Kalbajar, two remaining districts with challenging terrain,” added Mammadov speaking to TRT World. This site uses cookies. Najafli reminded that … Azerbaijan said Sunday its forces had captured the key town of Shusha from Armenian separatists in Nagorno-Karabakh, but Armenia insisted that fighting for … READ MORE: Erdogan, Putin discuss Upper Karabakh. Shusha has critical importance in liberating the occupied Upper Karabakh region. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has said that Azerbaijan has liberated the second major city of Karabakh, Shusha, from Armenia. “After 28 years, the adhan [call to prayer] will be heard in Shusha,” Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said in his address to the nation. If my conditions are not met by the Armenian government, we will go until the end, “Aliyev said during his address in the Alley of Martyrs in the capital of Baku.” On May 8, 1992, Shusha was invaded by Armenia. Despite the pain of defeat during the years of the Armenian occupation, Shusha’s ancestral spirit took refuge in the hearts of every Azerbaijani dreaming for a long-awaited reunion with Shusha, a unique city and a phenomenon in its own right. By continuing to browse the site you are agreeing to our use of cookies. By Trend. If Armenian forces are able to contain the Azerbaijani advance, they will get a chance to keep the Turkish-Azerbaijani bloc in the areas that it has captured in the south. To date, at least 92 civilians have lost their lives, including 11 children and infants, and some 404 people, with at least 36 children among them, have been injured in recent attacks by Armenian forces, according to Azerbaijan's Chief Prosecutor's Office. Azerbaijan said Sunday its forces had captured the key town of Shusha from Armenian separatists in Nagorno-Karabakh, but Armenia insisted that fighting for the strategically vital area was ongoing. The Azerbaijani city of Shusha has been retaken from Armenian forces. According to Aliyev, this issue needs to be investigated and the incident has given a legal and political assessment. The region has remained closely allied with Armenia after it broke away from Azerbaijan during a bloody war in the early 1990s. TEHRAN – The Iranian embassy in Baku has congratulated Azerbaijan on the liberation of the strategic city of Shusha, a key city in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh which has been under Armenian control for more than two and a half decades. Nonetheless, Shusha is different story. The ‘Victory Road’ leading to the Azerbaijani city of Shusha, previously liberated from Armenian occupation, will be commissioned in September 2021, Anar Najafli, spokesman for the State Agency of Azerbaijan Automobile Roads, said on Thursday. 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Azerbaijan said Sunday its forces had captured the key town of Shusha from Armenian separatists in Nagorno-Karabakh, but Armenia insisted that fighting for … On Sunday, Azerbaijan said it had captured Shusha, which is known by Armenians as Shushi, and sits on a mountain top overlooking Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh's biggest city. Op-ed: a look at the Karabakh conflict from the outside – Armenia has missed a chance for compromise “We have shown the world that Nagorno-Karabakh is the historical territory of Azerbaijan,” he said. Photos showed damage to both the interior and exterior of the Holy Saviour Cathedral in Shusha city. The battle took place in the strategically important mountain town of Shusha on the evening of May 8, 1992, and fighting swiftly concluded the next day after Armenian forces captured it and drove out the defending Azerbaijanis. As of the morning of November 9, the Azerbaijani military has not been able to fully secure Shusha. More than 300 people have died and thousands displaced since the latest fighting broke out on 27 September. The Iskander missiles launched by Armenian Armed Forces at Azerbaijan's Shusha city during the 44-day war from late Sept. through early Nov.2020 had exploded, Chief of the Azerbaijani Mine Action Agency's Operational Headquarters Idris Ismayilov said on Friday. Azerbaijan says it seized Nagorno-Karabakh’s 2nd-largest city. It's the birthplace of many Azerbaijani writers, social figures and politicians and were it captured, it would be a significant milestone in the ongoing one-month-old conflict. "Shusha is liberated from the Armenian occupation. Last Updated: 8th November, 2020 19:40 IST Azerbaijan Claims To Have 'liberated' Shusha, Armenia Says 'fight Continues' As the Armenia- Azerbaijan conflict continued for the sixth week, Baku claimed that it has seized the second-largest city in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh Multiple UN resolutions also call for the withdrawal of the invading forces. Armenia and Azerbaijan went to war over Nagorno-Karabakh in 1988-94, eventually declaring a ceasefire. Azerbaijani troops appear a few kilometres away from the strategic town of Shusha in occupied Karabakh region. This issue has fuelled tensions between the two countries since 1988; with some 30,000 people being killed in fighting from 1990 to 1994. While world powers have called for a sustainable ceasefire, Turkey has supported Baku's right to self-defence and demanded the withdrawal of Armenia's occupying forces. Armenia occupied Shusha on May 8 in 1992 during the first war in the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan in 1991-1994. The 44-day-war ended with the Kremlin-brokered peace deal signed between Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia. Shusha -- which was occupied by Armenian forces on May 8, 1992 -- has critical importance in liberating Nagorno-Karabakh, or Upper Karabakh region, which is an internationally recognized territory of Azerbaijan. For Azerbaijanis, Shusha is the embodiment of Karabakh, its soul,” says Mammadov. If the Armenian leadership does not respond to my demands, we will go till the end," Aliyev said in his speech in the Alley of Martyrs in the capital Baku. Also welcoming the news, Vice President Fuat Oktay said that the establishment of sovereignty is an important development and good news for Azerbaijan. This allows the Armenian side to declare that the claims of Aliyev and the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry are false. Shusha, a hilltop city near the Nagorno-Karabakh capital of Stepanakert (Khankandi), was captured by Azerbaijan during the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War. The Azerbaijani city of Shusha has been liberated from the occupation of Armenian forces, the country's leader announced on Sunday. Overall, the Azerbaijani side now controls, apparently, more than a quarter of the territory of five of these regions – along the southern border with Iran to the western border of Azerbaijan with Armenia. Shusha: Armenia reports fighting, denies Azeri ‘victory’ claim. "On the National Flag Day, the glorious Azerbaijani flag will fly over Shusha forever. The Battle of Shusha was the first significant military victory by Armenian forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. Armenia's forces occupied the city on May 8 in 1992 during the first war in Karabakh region of Azerbaijan in 1991-1994. May 8 is marked as a holiday in Armenia, but in Azerbaijan, the day is remembered as a Black Day. Externally, Azerbaijan's hand at the negotiating table would be strengthened and likely force Armenia to make compromises it would not have previously countenanced. Shusha's Armenian quarters in the aftermath of their destruction by Azerbaijani army in March 1920. Armenia has accused Azerbaijan after a historic cathedral in Nagorno-Karabakh was shelled as fighting continued over the disputed region. The Armenia-occupied historic city of Shusha in the heart of Nagorno-Karabakh. Armenia's forces occupied the city on May 8 in 1992 during the first war in Karabakh region of Azerbaijan in 1991-1994. Internally the strong emotions that the latest conflict has evoked will be difficult to placate without a significant victory. In the background: defiled Cathedral of the Holy Savior and Aguletsots church. What has been Turkey's reaction to the liberation of Shusha from Armenia's occupation? Shusha city freed from Armenia's occupation: Azerbaijan. Around 25,000 ethnic Azerbaijanis living in the city and 31 surrounding villages were targeted by the mass ethnic cleansing policy pursued by Armenia. After the “stubborn and meaningless resistance of the Armenian leadership” to negotiations in the past, says Huseynov “Azerbaijan seems now to pursue a maximalist position: to liberate all the occupied territories or at least the Lachin corridor and Shusha.”, “Under a blockade, the Nagorno-Karabakh secessionist forces will have no chance and Azerbaijani control over Lachin would make their survival impossible.”. Azerbaijan liberates Shusha Aliyev. Shusha was the last of Azerbaijan’s cities to be liberated from the Armenian occupation in the war that lasted from September 27 to November 10. What India’s SOS tweets reveal about its deadly second wave, In pictures: ‘Oxygen langars’ in Delhi help patients breathe, India court likens oxygen shortage deaths to genocide, govt faces contempt, Show people, places and other topics in this story. By Trend. Shusha was occupied by Armenia on May 8, 1992. “The former [Lacin] is an overland bridge connecting Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, while the latter [Shusha] is a strategic height from where one could keep all Nagorno-Karabakh under control,” says Huseynov speaking to TRT World. READ MORE: Shusha and Lacin: The two towns shaping the Armenia-Azerbaijani conflict.
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