“Azerbaijan and Armenia Clash Over Disputed Nagorno-Karabakh Region.”

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54314341?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world&link_location=live-reporting-story “Azerbaijan and Armenia Clash Over Disputed Nagorno-Karabakh Region.” There is a skirmish between Azerbaijan and Armenia over land. Turkey’s president has sided with the Azerbaijan. Which is interesting because Turkey does not acknowledge the Armenia Genocide. Russia however is calling for a ceasefire, because each side was a part of the Soviet Union before it ended. Currently, sixteen people have died in the fighting. The Armenians say that there had been attacks and civilians and has declared martial law. Azerbaijan points the finger at Armenia. The land in question generally disputed as Azerbaijan land but with a large Armenia population. The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe is trying to calm things down. It seems that this skirmish has been going on for a while because of the instability in the region. I wonder if the clash has anything to do with the instability created by the collapse of the Soviet Union or if it is part of a much larger history. In July of this year things seemed to had come to a head because that was when the sixteen people had been killed. Additionally, it was mentioned in the article we had to read for Monday. Jena Livesay