Tensions Along The Armenia - Azerbaijan Border

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Four Armenian Soldiers Killed Near Karabakh-Report -- Reuters

* Four Armenian soldiers reported killed in Azerbaijan

* Tensions rising with Armenia-Turkey thaw

Four Armenian soldiers were killed in a clash with Azeri forces near the breakaway Azerbaijan region of Nagorno-Karabakh on Thursday, Azeri media reported

Azerbaijan's ANS Press news agency said the fight took place in the Agdam district, next to Nagorno-Karabakh, which threw off Azeri rule in the early 1990s.

Agdam is one of seven Azeri districts surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh and is held by Armenian forces.

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Update #1: Five Armenian soldiers killed in clash near Nagorno-Karabakh -- Turkey Daily News
Update #2: Turkish Press Reacts to Turkish-Armenian Normalization -- Jamestown Foundation

My Comment: Muslim Azerbaijan has never accepted the independence of Christian Nagorno Karabakh. Armenia's rapprochement with Turkey was bound to create even more pressure on Azerbaijan to respond .... I can only presume that this is one of their responses.

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