Heavy fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces over the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh continued for a fourth straight day on Wednesday, with statements from both sides indicating that the flare-up of a decades-old conflict that has killed dozens of people since Sunday was no closer to an end.
The president of Azerbaijan said Armenia’s withdrawal from Nagorno-Karabakh was the sole condition to end fighting over the separatist territory. Armenian officials alleged Turkey’s involvement in the renewed conflict and said its neighbor’s actions hinder the efforts of the international community to cease the hostilities.
Meeting with wounded servicemen, Azerbaijani President Ilkham Aliyev said Armenia must unconditionally, completely and immediately leave Nagorno-Karabakh, which lies within Azerbaijan and has been under the control of ethnic Armenian forces backed by the…