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Hundreds of ethnic Armenians flee Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia

Refugees from the Nagorno-Karabakh region arrive at a temporary accommodation centre in the town of Goris, Armenia, on September 24, 2023 [Irakli Gedenidze/Reuters]

Hundreds of ethnic Armenians have fled Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia days after Azerbaijan seized control of the breakaway territory in a military offensive.

The Armenian government said late on Sunday that a total of 1,050 people had crossed into the country from Nagorno-Karabakh, an enclave in Azerbaijan populated mainly by ethnic Armenians.

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