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Conflict Middle East

Nagorno-Karabakh Wars

1988 CE – 2023 CE · 35 years

Decades of conflict over the Armenian-populated Nagorno-Karabakh enclave within Azerbaijan. After Armenia's 1994 victory, a frozen conflict lasted until Azerbaijan's 2020 drone-warfare victory recovered most territory. Azerbaijan's 2023 offensive forced the entire Armenian population of 120,000 to flee.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Azerbaijan
  • Armenia & Artsakh Republic

Key moments

Defining events in the Nagorno-Karabakh Wars.

  1. 1991-1992 Siege of Stepanakert
  2. 2020 Battle of Shusha
  3. Azerbaijan's 2023 offensive

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Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1988 CE and 2023 CE.

1990 CE Gulf War 1994 CE First Chechen War 1996 CE Chechen Interwar Period 1998 CE Eritrean–Ethiopian War 1998 CE Eritrean-Ethiopian Border War (Badme)

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

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