The two former Soviet republics have clashed periodically in a decades-long conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, a breakaway region that is inside Azerbaijan but is run by ethnic Armenians. Azerbaijan's president declared a partial military mobilization, and his foreign minister said six Azeri civilians had been killed and 19 injured since the fighting began. The general prosecutor's office in Azerbaijan said two Azeri civilians were killed on Monday, after five civilians were killed on Sunday, and 30 civilians had been wounded. People attend a meeting in Yerevan, Armenia on Sunday to recruit military volunteers after Armenian authorities declared martial law and mobilized its male population following clashes with Azerbaijan over the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region. At least 200 people were killed in a flare-up of the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan in April 2016.

Source: CBC News September 28, 2020 11:26 UTC