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Fears of a Second War in Europe as Azerbaijan Launches Military Attack<!-- wp:html --><p>Reuters</p> <p>Azerbaijan carried out strikes on the disputed <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/armenians-beg-putin-to-send-secret-soldiers-for-their-war-in-nagorno-karabakh">Nagorno-Karabakh</a> region on Tuesday as it announced the launch of an “anti-terror” operation, a move that threatens to trigger another war in the region.</p> <p>The country’s Defense Ministry <a href="https://twitter.com/neilphauer/status/1704074437975331119?s=46">said</a> it was using “high-precision weapons” to “incapacitate” Armenian-backed forces and target Armenian military positions in a push to force out “formations of Armenia’s armed forces.”</p> <p>Footage purportedly filmed in <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-gravedigger-who-fears-digging-his-own-sons-grave-in-nagorno-karabakh">Stepanakert</a>, the capital of Karabakh, which is called Khankendi by Azerbaijan, captured the sounds of loud shelling and artillery fire.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/nagorno-karabakh-azerbaijan-launches-military-attack-on-armenians">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

Reuters

Azerbaijan carried out strikes on the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region on Tuesday as it announced the launch of an “anti-terror” operation, a move that threatens to trigger another war in the region.

The country’s Defense Ministry said it was using “high-precision weapons” to “incapacitate” Armenian-backed forces and target Armenian military positions in a push to force out “formations of Armenia’s armed forces.”

Footage purportedly filmed in Stepanakert, the capital of Karabakh, which is called Khankendi by Azerbaijan, captured the sounds of loud shelling and artillery fire.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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