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Frozen Conflict In South Caucasus Continues To Smolder As Azerbaijani General Killed In Artillery Duel

The ‘frozen conflict’ of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in the South Caucasus, between Armenia and Azerbaijan, continues to reignite, killing senior officers on the Azer side in tense artillery duels. Azerbaijani Army Major-General Polad Gashimov and Colonel Ilgar Mirzoyev were killed in armed clashes on the border between Azerbaijan and Armenia,…

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