Azerbaijan War on Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh Forcibly Displaced Tens of Thousands

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🗓️ 4 October 2023

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Nearly the entire population of 120,000 ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh has been forced to flee their homes after the latest Azerbaijani military assault, according to Armenian authorities and the U.N. This week on Intercepted, Maria Titizian, editor-in-chief of EVN Report, joins Jeremy Scahill and Murtaza Hussain to discuss the history leading up to the recent Azerbaijani offensive and mass exodus of civilians, the collapse of the Republic of Artsakh, and the emerging geopolitical alliances exploiting the protracted humanitarian crisis.

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0:00.0	This is intercepted.
0:30.0	The Armenian authorities say that almost the entire population of 120,000 ethnic Armenians
0:49.3	are now gone from Nagorno-Karabakh.
0:52.0	Days after Azerbaijan launched lightning offensive and said it had taken back full control
0:56.2	of the breakaway region, sparking a mass exodus of the region's 120,000 ethnic Armenians.
1:02.2	This is what an exodus looks like.
1:04.2	Tens of thousands of ethnic Armenians are fleeing.
1:08.2	They're leaving the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh,
1:12.2	a forgotten corner of the world, but home to one of its most bitter ethnic conflicts.
1:17.2	As global media focus continues to set her on the ongoing war in Ukraine,
1:22.2	another long-standing conflict has entered a horrifying new chapter.
1:25.2	Following a nine-month blockade, preventing the flow of basic necessities like food and medical supplies,
1:31.2	the Azerbaijan military attacked the Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh on September 19th.
1:38.2	The military assault has sparked a mass exodus of the region's 120,000 ethnic Armenians
1:44.2	and the collapse of the Republic of Artsakh.
1:47.2	While this crisis has a long history, its geography and the politics of the crisis
1:52.2	are situated in the center of the emerging global realignment of alliances
1:57.2	and the Cold War 2.0 reality.
2:00.2	Many of the major players in the Ukraine War have their hands in this conflict,
2:05.2	Russia, the United States, Turkey, and the European Union.
2:09.2	Our guest today is Maria Tatisian, a writer and journalist
2:13.2	with over 15 years of experience reporting the news from Armenia.
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