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news sport j2 money culture scene video subscription WAR IN THE CAUCASUS At least 16 soldiers were killed in the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Erdogan, Putin and Trump said Turkey has announced it will support Azerbaijan, and Putin spoke by phone with the Armenian prime minister Writes: HinaPosted: September 28, 2020 8:43 am Destruction of military vehicles of Azerbaijan Destruction of military vehicles of Azerbaijan Handout Facebook Twitter Messenger E-mail At least 16 soldiers but also a number of civilians have been killed on Sunday in the fiercest fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan since 2016, raising fears about stability in the South Caucasus region, an oil and gas corridor for world markets. Clashes between the two former Soviet republics, which had been at war in the 1990s, began on Sunday morning and continued on Monday with the deployment of heavy artillery on both sides. It is the latest showdown in the long-running conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, a renegade region within Azerbaijan populated mainly by Armenians. image Destruction of military vehicles of Azerbaijan Handout Nagorno-Karabakh announced that 16 of its soldiers were killed and more than 100 wounded after Azerbaijan launched an air and artillery attack early Sunday. Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh declared a state of war and a general mobilization of the male population. Azerbaijan, which has also declared a state of war, said its forces responded to an Armenian attack that killed five members of one family. image Destruction of military vehicles of Azerbaijan Handout He also said Baku had taken control of seven villages. Nagorno-Karabakh initially denied such reports but later admitted that he had lost "some positions" and had suffered civilian losses, but did not specify figures. The clashes have sparked a lively diplomatic activity to reduce new tensions in the decades-long conflict between predominantly Christian Armenia and Muslim Azerbaijan. Russia has called for an immediate ceasefire, and Turkey has announced it will support Azerbaijan. Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone with Armenian Prime Minister Nikolai Pashinyan but details of the conversation have not been released. image Destruction of military vehicles of Azerbaijan Alexey Pavlovsky Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan spoke with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. Erdogan, pledging to help his traditional ally, said Armenia was "the biggest threat to peace in the region" and called on the whole world to "stand behind Azerbaijan in its fight against invasion and cruelty". RELATED NEWS Armenian Defense Ministry footage reportedly showing destruction of Azerbaijani tanks during conflict DANGEROUS ESCALATION Armenia declared a state of war and general mobilization after the conflict with the Azeris in Nagorno Karabakh CONFLICTS 'Everyone to the shelters, now!': Sudden escalation in Nagorno Karabakh between Armenia and Azerbaijan President Donald Trump said Sunday that the United States will try to stop the violence. The U.S. State Department condemned the violence calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities as well as any rhetoric or action that would worsen the situation. The European Union and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe called on both sides to halt military action and return to negotiations, which was a wish expressed by Pope Francis. Caspian gas and oil going to the world pass through oil and gas pipelines through Nagorno-Karabakh. Volunteers and veterans in Yerevan, ready to go to the battlefield Karen Minasyan Nagorno-Karabakh seceded from Azerbaijan in a conflict that erupted after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Although a ceasefire was agreed in 1994, after thousands of people were killed and many more displaced, Azerbaijan and Armenia are often blamed for attacks around Nagorno-Karabakh and along the border line. Armenia said Azerbaijani forces were attacking civilian targets, including those in the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh, Stepanakert, and promised a "proportionate response". image Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan Handout Baku denied statements from Yerevan that his helicopters and tanks had been destroyed, and accused Armenian forces of launching "deliberate and targeted" attacks along the border. "We are defending our territory, our cause is right," Azerbaijani President Aliyev said in his address to the nation.