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Armenian authorities say they are prepared for tens of thousands of families to flee. LONDON -- Thousands of ethnic Armenian refugees have started fleeing from the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, amid growing fears of an exodus following Azerbaijan’s successful military offensive to retake control of the region last week. Nearly 3,000 people have already crossed the border into Armenia as of Monday morning, according to an Armenian government statement quoted by the Russian state news agency TASS. An advisor to the enclave ’s ethnic Armenians leadership on Sunday told Reuters that virtually its entire population -- estimated at 120,000 -- would now leave. If they stayed, they would be “ ethnic ally cleansed” by Azerbaijan, he said. Refugees sit in a bus after registering at a centre of the Armenian foreign affairs ministry, near the border town of Kornidzor, on Sept. 24, 2023. Afp Contributor#afp/AFP via Getty Images Reporters on the border reported dozens of civilian cars and o...

An explosion Monday tore through a gas station in Nagorno-Karabakh amid exodus of ethnic Armenians following Azerbaijan's successful military offensive. LONDON -- At least 20 people were killed and nearly 300 were injured in an explosion on Monday night at a makeshift gas station being used by ethnic Armenian refugees as thousands sought to flee the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, according to local authorities, as senior U.S. officials visited Armenia to signal concern over the humanitarian crisis affecting the region's civilians. Dozens of people are in a critical condition with severe burns and in urgent need of evacuation from the enclave where medical assistance was already minimal, the Health ministry of the Nagorno-Karabakh's unrecognised ethnic Armenia government, the Republic of Artsakh, said in a statement. It said many people were still missing following the blast . The explosion and fire ripped through the fuel store on Monday night as hundreds of refu...

At least 70,000 ethnic Armenians have fled Nagorno-Karabakh, which is half the disputed enclave's population. LONDON -- At least 75,500 ethnic Armenian refugees have now fled Nagorno-Karabakh, in the last five days, which is more than half the disputed enclave's population, local authorities said Thursday, as the exodus from the region continues to accelerate. It is feared the enclave's whole population will likely flee in the coming days, unwilling to remain under Azerbaijan's rule following its successful military offensive last week that defeated the ethnic Armenian separatist authorities and restored Azerbaijan's control after over three decades. The leader of Nagorno-Karabakh's unrecognized Armenian state, the Republic of Artsakh, on Thursday announced its dissolution, signing a decree that it will "cease to exist" by Jan. 1, 2024. MORE: Over 50,000 Armenians have now fled from enclave, fearing Azerbaijan De facto President Samvel Shahramanya...

Over 93,000 Armenians have now fled Nagorno-Karabakh, 75% of the disputed enclave's entire population. LONDON -- Over 93,000 ethnic Armenian refugees have fled Nagorno-Karabakh as of Friday, local authorities said, meaning 75% of the disputed enclave's entire population has now left in less than a week. Tens of thousands of ethnic Armenians have been streaming out of Nagorno-Karabakh following Azerbaijan's successful Military operation last week that restored its control over the breakaway region. It's feared the whole population will likely leave in the coming days, in what Armenia has condemned as "ethnic cleansing." Families packed into cars and trucks, with whatever belongings they can carry, have been arriving in Armenia after Azerbaijan opened the only road out of the enclave on Sunday. Those fleeing have said they are unwilling to live under Azerbaijan's rule, fearing they will face persecution. Ethnic Armenians fleeing Nagorno-Karabakh walk on...

About 50,000 ethnic Armenians have now fled the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, according to local officials. LONDON -- About 50,000 ethnic Armenians have now fled the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, according to local officials, as the exodus triggered by Azerbaijan's takeover of the region appeared to accelerate , with fears its entire population may leave. More than a third of the population have now left, with nearly 12,000 people leaving overnight, and thousands more continuing to arrive into Armenia on Wednesday morning, in what Armenia's government has called the "ethnic cleansing" of the enclave . Azerbaijan on Wednesday announced it had detained the former leader of enclave's unrecognized Armenian government as he sought to cross into Armenia. Ruben Vardanyan, a billionaire businessman who made his fortune in Russia, moved to Nagorno-Karabakh in 2022 and served as the head of its government for several months before stepping down earlier t...

Azerbaijan say it's ending offensive on the enclave Nagorno-Karabakh after ethnic Armenian forces agreed to surrender. LONDON -- Azerbaijan has announced it is suspending its military offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh, after ethnic Armenian authorities in the disputed enclave agreed to lay down their arms in an apparent capitulation. Nagorno-Karabakh's Armenian-led government on Wednesday morning said they had agreed to a ceasefire after Azerbaijani forces made major advances in the day-long offensive that has sparked warnings of humanitarian disaster and risks of large-scale ethnic cleansing. In a statement, the enclave's ethnic Armenian authorities said under the agreement all Armenian military units would withdraw from the enclave and local forces would be disbanded and fully disarmed. It said a "complete cessation of hostilities" would begin from 1 p.m. Wednesday. WATCH: Azerbaijan and Armenia reignite decades-old conflict Azerbaijan's defense ministry said...