Reuters; Dec 1, 1993
Title: “At least 1 million people from #Azerbaijan fleeing ethnic war face a hard winter, battling cold, hunger, and disease in refugee camps near border with #Iran” #Karabakh#Karabagh
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The Independent, 1993 - “#Armenian offensive dashes #Azeri peace hopes – hundreds of children drown while fleeing latest [Armenian] attacks [while swimming to safety across the Aras river]”, “In Azeri towns and villages everything was on fire...” #Karabakh#Karabagh
The Independent, Nov 1993 - “#Armenian offensive dashes #Azeri peace hopes – hundreds of children drown while fleeing latest [Armenian] attacks, while swimming to safety across the Aras river. In Azeri towns and villages everything was on fire...” #Karabakh#Karabagh
The Independent, Sep 1993 - "#Azeri refugees pray for peace and head home - brave few returning to villages pray that #Armenians are ready for peace after five years of war in which 15,000 people have died. UN believes 800k-1mm Azeris have been driven from their homes" #Karabakh
The Guardian, 1994 - "#Karabakh conflict puts thousands of #Azeri refugees on a road to nowhere - 60,000 people live in tents, railway wagons and other shelters. Their plight is the most pitiful of the 1 million Azeris who lost their homes" #Karabagh#KarabaghTruths
The Guardian, 1993 - "Fleeing Azeris in trek ordeal - ragged, starving and frozen after a hazardous trek across snowbound mountains...they arrive at a rate of 900 a day after a 50 mile journey, fleeing an #Armenian offensive in the west of #Azerbaijan. #Karabakh#Karabagh
NY Times, Aug 1993- "Caucasus City [Fizuli] Falls to Armenian Forces - in July, #Armenian forces forced out defenders of #Agdam, #Azerbaijan, looting and burning the city, creating 100k more refugees. Now #Fizuli, a city of 50k residents, reduced to a ghost town before its fall"
LA Times, Jul 1993 - "#Armenian forces strike #Azerbaijan - at least 200 civilians and 200 soldiers killed in the battle for #Agdam. [60,000] have fled, and most of the city had burned to the ground or been razed by Armenian tanks and artillery."
LA Times, 1993 - "#Armenian troops pushing deeper into #Azerbaijan burned a string of villages and captured [Zangelan], forcing tens of thousands across Aras river into #Iran. Latest offensive brings the number of Azeris chased from their homes to 300,000” #Karabakh#Karabagh
The Guardian, May 1992 - "#Armenians open corridor to #Karabakh - Key town of #Lachin falls. 60,000 #Azeris have fled from [Nagorno-Karabakh]. Nakhichevanis fear they are next in line in an Armenian attempt to redraw the map of #Caucasus before the world takes notice
Boston Globe, Nov 1993 - "Brutal turn is seen for #Armenian forces”.
“What we see now is a systematic destruction of every village in [Armenians’] way," said one senior US [Dept of State] official. "It's one of the most disgusting things we've seen...It's vandalism.” #Karabakh
ABC News (USA) Mar 9 1992
An in-depth report from the front lines of First #Karabakh War - a day at an outpost with Ziyaddin Iskandarov, a 22 year old #Azerbaijani soldier from #Agdam, whose death as a result of an attack by #Armenian forces was filmed by the ABC crew. #Karabagh
ABC News (USA); Mar 7 1992
A report from the front lines of the First #Karabakh War, days after the Khojali massacre. Footage from #Askeran, #Khojali and #Agdam.
“Khojali is a great tragedy not only for #Azerbaijan, but for all humanity.”
ABC News (USA); Mar 2 1992
Another report on #Khojali. “Massacre of 100s in the village called Khojali. #Armenia denies it happened. Though foreign journalists report seeing many civilians among the dead.” #Karabakh#Karabagh
NBC News (USA); Mar 3 1992
A news report on #Khojali massacre. “As many as 1,000 #Azerbaijan|i civilians have been killed by #Armenia|n militants. Men, women and children.” #Karabakh#Karabagh
@JimSabo1920 @2Bootz9 To be clear, the implied reference is to families on both sides. “13,965 Mohammedan [families] and 1,491 #Armenian families”. First word is omitted to avoid repetition. Otherwise text would say “13,965 MohammedanS and 1,491 Armenian families” with an “S” for plural at the end.
Penny Cyclopaedia 1838, London UK, p.175 - “Population of #Karabagh [in 1832] was 13,965 Mohammedan and 1,491 #Armenian families. Armenians [and Nestorian Christians] were induced by the Russian government, after the peace of Toorkmanchay, to emigrate from Persia to Karabagh.”
ABC News (USA); Feb 29 1992
A report on escalation of violence in Nagorno-#Karabakh. Footage from #Shusha, showing #Azeri civilian casualties as a result of #Armenian attacks. #Karabagh
CNN; May 12 1994
A report on #Azeri prisoners of war (#POWs), held under #Armenian captivity in the capital of Nagorno-#Karabakh during the first Karabakh war. Part 2