ALKHANLI, Azerbaijan — At the spot in an Azerbaijani front-line village where a woman and her 16-month-old granddaughter died this week in shelling, a few residents were gathered to mourn. As a delegation of international military attaches and journalists approached, some of the residents shouted that only full-out war could truly free them. International mediators have been unable to resolve the tense limbo, and fears persist that a full-scale war could resume. The Guliyevas’ deaths, which brought wide dismay and anger on social media in Azerbaijan, bolstered the worries. Gurban Ismaylov, a 37-year-old resident of Alkhanli, said that Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has called for a peaceful resolution of the conflict, but Ismaylov disagrees.

Source: National Post July 06, 2017 14:26 UTC