Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict threatens
to draw Russia, Turkey into fight
Posted By: NorthernDog, 9/29/2020 8:24:32 AM
One of Eastern Europe’s longest frozen conflicts has exploded into a hot war in recent days, with clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh killing dozens of people and threatening to drag nearby Turkey and Russia into a direct military confrontation. While Moscow has long backed Christian Armenia and Ankara has openly supported the largely Muslim Azerbaijan, regional analysts say the situation has grown more complex and dangerous recently amid escalating Turkey-Russia tension on other fronts — from Syria to Libya and the wider Eastern Mediterranean. The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict has also become increasingly tied to Moscow-Ankara
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Turkey is adding fuel to the fire by cheer leading for the Azerbaijanis.