A deadly clash has broken out along the oil-rich border of Armenia and Azerbaijan. The skirmish has claimed the lives of both military personnel as well as civilians.
According to Reuters, at least two dozen people have been killed in the fighting. The area sits along the Nagorno-Karabakh border, which is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan but controlled by ethnic Armenians, who have sought to officially break away from Azerbaijan. There are large cultural differences between Armenians and Azerbaijanis, with religion one of the starkest: the former is a staunch Christian population with the latter is Muslim.
The Armenian defense ministry claimed that Azerbaijan had attacked civilian settlements as a way to stem the separatist zeal. The skirmish killed both a woman and a child in addition to 16 servicemen. One hundred people are also reported to be injured.
In response, Armenia declared martial law and shot down two helicopters and three drones. In addition, they destroyed three tanks, which has been denied by Azerbaijan.
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