Deserted Nagorno-Karabakh reveals aftermath of lightning-fast ... - BBC
WEBOct 3, 2023 · Teams from the UN and Red Cross have been granted access to the regional capital, Khankendi, known by the Armenians as Stepanakert. But the BBC and other international media outlets were...
‘Ghost town with no soul’: Inside Karabakh after ethnic ... - YouTube
WEBOct 1, 2023 · Al Jazeera has gained exclusive access to the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan. The town square in Khankendi, also known as Stepanakert, is completely deserted. Nearly all of the estimated 120,000...
Azerbaijan arrests several former top separatist leaders of …
WEBOct 3, 2023 · Authorities in Azerbaijan arrested several former separatist leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh on Tuesday after reclaiming control of the Armenian-populated breakaway region in a lightning military operation last month, a …
Khankendi deserted after Azerbaijan defeats Armenian separatists
WEBOct 4, 2023 · Khankendi, Azerbaijan – An eerie silence blankets the town square of largest city in the Nagorno-Karabakh region. Baby strollers, chairs, and empty boxes are all that remain in the square after...
Aliyev says Azerbaijan to start resettling capital of Karabakh region ...
WEBMay 29, 2024 · NEARLY EMPTIED. Aliyev added that resettlement will also begin in September in the ghost town of Agdam, home to a joint Russian-Turkish ceasefire monitoring centre which shuttered last month amid a...
Azerbaijan moves to reaffirm control of Nagorno-Karabakh as the ...
WEBOct 2, 2023 · The streets of the regional capital, which is called Khankendi by Azerbaijan and Stepanakert by the Armenians, appeared empty and littered with trash, with doors of deserted businesses flung open. The sign with the city’s Azerbaijani name was placed at one entrance and Azerbaijani police checkpoints were …
Armenia ready for 40,000 families after Nagorno-Karabakh surrender - BBC
WEBSep 21, 2023 · More than 10,000 people had made their way to the airport in Khankendi on Wednesday with the hope of being evacuated, he added. The airport is adjacent to a Russian peacekeeping base. Local...
Nagorno-Karabakh updates: 70,500 refugees have crossed into …
WEBSep 28, 2023 · An elderly woman and children sit on bags of belongings as residents gather in central Stepanakert, also known as Khankendi, to leave Nagorno-Karabakh [David Ghahramanyan/Reuters] By Virginia...
Karabakh humanitarian fears grow with thousands sleeping on ... - BBC
WEBSep 23, 2023 · Now, displaced from villages and separated from relatives, several thousand people were sleeping in tents or the open air near the airport in the main city Stepanakert, known as Khankendi by...
Stepanakert - Wikipedia
WEBStepanakert (Armenian: Ստեփանակերտ, romanized: Step'anakert, Eastern pronunciation: [stɛpʰɑnɑˈkɛɾt]) or Khankendi (Azerbaijani: Xankəndi, pronounced [xɑncænˈdi] ⓘ) is a ghost city [a] in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan.