And the President of Artsakh warned that if the hostilities do not stop, Stepanakert could be lost in days. In response, Armenia and Artsakh introduced martial law and total mobilization,[94][95] while Azerbaijan introduced martial law,[96] a curfew and partial mobilization. [562][563] On 6 October 2020, the Azerbaijani State Security Service (SSS) claimed, citing intercepts, which it released as an evidence, that Armenia had employed foreign mercenaries, including members of Kurdish militant groups whom Armenia had brought from Iraq and Syria, to fight Azerbaijan. Meanwhile, a new law came into effect since October 2020 in Armenia, which prohibits negative coverage of the situation at the front. [362], In 2021, Canada decided to block arms exports to Turkey, after it was found that Canadian technology which were exported to Turkey used in the conflict. Do Not Sell My Personal Information, Your California Privacy Rights Shells and rockets landed in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran, although no damage was reported,[192][193] and Iran reported that several unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) had been downed or had crashed within its territory. That is how the war started. [498], In early November, Armenia applied to European Convention on Human Rights over the videos of the brutal treatment of the bodies of Armenian POWs, which were spread on the social network. [301] On 12 December, the martial law will be lifted by the decree of the President Ilham Aliyev. [251], After the ceasefire agreement was signed, President Armen Sarksyan held a meeting with Karekin II, where they both made a call to declare 22 November as the Day of Remembrance of the Heroes who fell for the Defense of the Motherland in the Artsakh Liberation War. "[619] Russian newspaper Kommersant claimed to have sources confirming that Akar arrived in Baku between September 28-30 and oversaw all operations during the war. In addition to causing civilian casualties, the Armenian attacks damaged homes, businesses, schools, and a health clinic, and contributed to mass displacement. Then, on 5 October, Human Rights Watch reported that the Armenian forces fired a munition that landed in a field about 500 meters from Babı of Fuzuli District. On 28 October 2020, based on allegations of "unknown" sources, Kommersant reported that at least one batch of militants with weapons and ammunition were formed and sent from Pakistan's Peshawar to Karabakh. Karapet Aghajanyan, the combat instructor in Yerevan, who trains local and foreign volunteers, told Reuters around 10 Lebanese-Armenians had received training in his camp. SİHA vurdu, bir başka drone...", "İlk kez Libya'da kullanılmıştı! [45], After the shelling of Martuni,[179] Artsakh authorities began mobilizing civilians. [170], Hackers from Armenia and Azerbaijan, as well as their allied countries have actively participated in cyberwarfare, with Azerbaijani hackers targeting Armenian websites and posting Aliyev's statements,[409] and Greek hackers targeting Azerbaijani governmental websites. [656] Anar Valiyev, the dean of School of Public and International Affairs of the ADA University, writing for Program on New Approaches to Research and Security in Eurasia, one of the programs of the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies of The George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs, based in Washington, D.C., had argued that it would have taken sophisticated logistics for Azerbaijan to "transport and house hundreds or thousands of hidden fighters", adding that the higher the number, the higher was the chance of "actual photographs or videos circulating on the Internet." It was the latest escalation of an unresolved conflict over the region, which is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan, but partially governed by Artsakh, a breakaway state with an Armenian ethnic majority. [194][195][196][197] Georgia stated that two UAVs had crashed in its Kakheti Province. [446] The attacks were condemned by the European Union,[447] and Azerbaijani authorities accused the Armenian Armed Forces of "committing war crimes through the firing of ballistic missiles at civilian settlements", calling the third attack "an act of genocide". [463][464][465] The casualties included a 39-year-old Red Crescent volunteer, while two other volunteers were injured. The Russian media reported that, in November, there were about 500 Russian mercenaries fighting on the Armenian side,[607] and some 300 Russian mercenaries had taken part in the Battle of Shusha, with Victor Zlobov, a retired captain of the Russian Armed Forces, stating that Shusha was "defended mainly thanks to the Russian volunteers. [345][105] There were also reported difficulties in testing and contact tracing during the conflict. Turkey warns Armenia against breaking Nagorno-Karabakh truce. According to a reported copy of the letter sent by Musayev, he stated that his condition was well. [345][105], The Ghazanchetsots Cathedral in Shusha became damaged as a result of shelling. It was Azeri forces that ­attacked the Holy Savior Cathedral in the city of Shushi, amid a spiraling armed conflict between the two sides. As of 16 October 2020, the Azerbaijani President stated that the Armenian losses were at US$2 billion. [97] Turkey provided military support to Azerbaijan, although the extent of this support has been disputed. [614][615][616][617] A report in The Times partially confirmed Turkish involvement in sending 200 Syrian fighters to support Azerbaijani forces;[618] a Turkish-based source reported that these were acting independently of the SNA. [433][434][435] The Azerbaijani authorities stated that the Armenian forces had fired 15,500 shells on the territory of Tartar District until 29 October, with over 2,000 shells being fired upon Tartar in some days. [380] Turkey (then the Ottoman Empire) helped Azerbaijan, previously part of the Russian Empire gain its independence in 1918, and became the first country to recognize Azerbaijan's independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. [219], On 27 October 2020, the Armenian president Armen Sarkissian dismissed the head of the counterintelligence department of the National Security Service, Major General Hovhannes Karumyan and the chief of staff of the border troops of the National Security Service Gagik Tevosyan. [260] About a week later, at a plenary session of the Azerbaijani National Assembly, a draft law on amendments to the law "On the establishment of orders and medals of the Republic of Azerbaijan" was submitted for discussion. 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[243], Shortly after the news about the signing the ceasefire agreement broke in the early hours of 10 November, violent protests erupted in Armenia against Nikol Pashinyan, claiming he was a "traitor" for having accepted the peace deal. [551] Despite this, Aliyev stated that both parties were now attempting to determine a political resolution to the conflict. [565] In early October, Komsomolskaya Pravda reported that Armenians from Lebanon, who were members of Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia, a militant group listed as a terrorist organization by the United States, had supported Armenia in the war. Erdogan didn’t attempt to hide this. In another video, a villager named Kamo Manasyan is kicked and beaten as blood streams from his right eye. [496], On 16 October, according to Armenia's ombudsman report, an Azerbaijani serviceman had called the brother of an Armenian soldier from the latter's phone number, saying that his brother was with them and that they had beheaded him and were going to post his photos on the internet; according to Armenian sources, they did post the image online. A probe has been launched by Armenia's human rights defender, Arman Tatoyan, who shared the videos with European Court of Human Rights and who will also show the videos to the UN human rights commissioner, the Council of Europe and other international organizations. [603], On 28 September, Russian media reported that Russian private military companies were ready to fight against Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh. [262] On 12 November, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Internal Affairs stated that it had moved the Shusha police department, which was previously located in Tartar District, into Shusha,[263] while on 14 November, the control of the Sugovushan reservoir was transferred to the Azerbaijani Ministry of Emergency Situations from the military. [626] The National Security Service of Armenia presented intercepts, allegedly between the Turkish and Azerbaijani military, and between the Azerbaijani military and mercenaries. [111] Under the agreement, the warring sides will keep control of their currently held areas within Nagorno-Karabakh, while Armenia returned the surrounding territories it occupied in 1994 to Azerbaijan.