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Armenia, Azerbaijan Accuse Each Other Of Breaking Latest Cease-Fire Within Minutes

Each country said the other had promptly violated a humanitarian truce that took effect at midnight on Sunday, as fighting continues over the long-disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.
Movsumov Qowkar, 32, checks his neighbor's home damaged by shelling in the city of Terter early on Sunday.

Fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region took another turn on Sunday, with the two countries accusing each other of violating the latest cease-fire just minutes after it took effect.

The tiny region in the South Caucasus has been the site of hundreds of military and civilian deaths, significant property destruction and inflamed tensions since violence between the two countries

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