Things are heating up in the Caucasus region of the world right now.
Armenia and Azerbaijan are currently fighting over the Nagorno-Karabakh region both countries claim authority over. The region has been in dispute since the fall of the Soviet Empire, as the population of that region is ethnically Armenian and has been fighting against the Azerbaijani government this whole time.
To give an example of how fraught the relationship between the countries are; people of Armenian descent, regardless of which country the come from, are banned from entry into Azerbaijan.
International relations are mediated by the Russians, the French, and the US.
As it stands now, these two countries have killed dozens of each other's military since the shelling began on Sunday, and shows no signs of stopping.
Fighting Between Armenia And Azerbaijan Threatens To Spiral Into Full-Blown War
Armenia and Azerbaijan are currently fighting over the Nagorno-Karabakh region both countries claim authority over. The region has been in dispute since the fall of the Soviet Empire, as the population of that region is ethnically Armenian and has been fighting against the Azerbaijani government this whole time.
To give an example of how fraught the relationship between the countries are; people of Armenian descent, regardless of which country the come from, are banned from entry into Azerbaijan.
International relations are mediated by the Russians, the French, and the US.
As it stands now, these two countries have killed dozens of each other's military since the shelling began on Sunday, and shows no signs of stopping.
Fighting Between Armenia And Azerbaijan Threatens To Spiral Into Full-Blown War