Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
1988–2024 conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan
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| October 1 2023 | Almost the entire population of Nagorno-Karabakh flees to Armenia, ending a millennia-old Armenian presence in the region. |
| September 2023 | Azerbaijan launches a military offensive, prompting Artsakh's government to agree to disarm and enter talks, leading to a mass exodus of ethnic Armenians. |
| September 28 2023 | The president of Artsakh signs a decree to dissolve all republic institutions by 1 January 2024, effectively marking the end of the self-proclaimed state. |
| September 27 2023 | Karabakh Telecom is disconnected from external communication, with calls and internet traffic to the Nagorno-Karabakh region subsequently carried out only through Azerbaijani telecom operators and providers. |
| September 21 2023 | The Artsakh Defense Army was disbanded under the terms of the Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement following the 2023 Azerbaijani military offensive. |
| December 2022 | Azerbaijan blockades the Lachin corridor, cutting off Artsakh's direct land connection to Armenia. |
| 2020 | A new war is fought, with Azerbaijan gaining victory and reclaiming significant portions of Artsakh's claimed territory. |
| 2020 | Azerbaijan achieves victory in the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War, taking control of 4 Armenian-occupied districts and the towns of Shusha and Hadrut in Nagorno-Karabakh. |
| December 10 2020 | The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) investigated Crossbridge Capital, an offshore firm managing assets of Pierre Fattouch. |
| November 2020 | A peace agreement was reached, with Russia placing itself in charge of the strategic Lachin corridor, potentially boosting its regional leverage according to some analysts. |
| September 28 2020 | Azerbaijan introduces martial law, a curfew, and declares partial mobilization following the outbreak of hostilities. |
| September 27 2020 | The Second Nagorno-Karabakh War begins with initial clashes along the Nagorno-Karabakh Line of Contact. Armenia and Artsakh introduce martial law and total mobilization, while Azerbaijan introduces martial law, a curfew, and declares partial mobilization the following day. |
| September 27 2020 | Regional expert Thomas de Waal provides an interview analyzing the likelihood of hostilities, suggesting Azerbaijan calculated that military action would be strategically beneficial, with a suspected immediate goal of capturing the districts of Fuzuli and Jabrayil in southern Nagorno-Karabakh. |
| July 2019 | Pierre Fattouch was charged with tax evasion in Lebanon, and a Lebanese Prosecutor General ordered the closure of his quarries for lacking a legal license. |
| April 19 2019 | Wekîl Mistefayêv died in Brussels and was subsequently buried in Erbil, in the autonomous Kurdistan region of Iraq. |
| 2018 | Government of Azerbaijan announces plans to appeal to an international court regarding mining operations in Nagorno-Karabakh. |
| April 2018 | A documentary film 'Return' about Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh War participant Imran Gurbanov premiered in Baku, directed by Rufat Asadov and written by Orkhan Fikratoglu. |
| 2017 | A referendum approves a new constitution, transforming the government system and officially changing the state's name from the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh to the Republic of Artsakh. |
| 2017 | Wekîl Mistefayêv supported the Kurdistan region independence referendum. |
| September 2017 | A new route from Yerevan to Stepanakert was opened, reducing the travel time and bypassing the previous 8-9 hour route through the Lachin corridor. |
| April 2016 | The worst clashes since the 1994 ceasefire erupted. Azerbaijan reportedly launched an offensive to seize territory, resulting in 12 Azerbaijani soldiers killed, a Mi-24 helicopter and tank destroyed. Armenia reported 18 soldiers killed and 35 wounded, as stated by President Serzh Sargsyan. |
| September 2014 | The Artsakh Wine Fest was initiated in Togh, becoming an annual event held on the third Saturday of September. The festival was created to develop tourism and restore Artsakh's winemaking traditions, featuring grape stomping, local wine exhibitions, traditional cuisine tasting, and cultural performances. |
| July 2014 | Tensions escalated with ceasefire breaches by Azerbaijan. President Ilham Aliyev threatened Armenia with war during July-August 2014. |
| March 11 2014 | Police Day in Artsakh was officially declared to be celebrated on 16 April. |
| 2013 | A video game 'İşğal Altında: Ağdam' was released, similar to the previous game but set in the town of Agdam. |
| June 2012 | Release of the Azerbaijani video game 'İşğal Altında: Şuşa' (Under Occupation: Shusha), a first-person shooter game depicting the 1992 battle of Shusha from an Azerbaijani soldier's perspective. |
| 2010 | Deadly skirmishes took place between Armenia and Azerbaijan during mid-2010 along the line of contact. |
| May 20 2010 | OIC Council of Foreign Ministers adopted Resolution No. 10/37, condemning alleged Armenian aggression and calling for implementation of UN Security Council Resolutions 822, 853, 874, and 884. |
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