At least seven troops were killed in renewed fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia on Tuesday in the deadliest clash between the former Soviet republics this year.
Three Azerbaijani and four Armenian soldiers died in the fighting that erupted near the countries’ unmarked border, the defense ministries in Baku and Yerevan said. The sides blamed each other for the clash that was the deadliest since September, when more than 300 hundred died on both sides.
Several hours of fighting involving artillery and high-caliber machine guns had subsided by around 8 p.m. local time, according to reports from both sides.
