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  • Thursday ,08 October 2020
العربية

Conflict displaces half of Karabakhs population: Official

by-ahram

International News

00:10

Thursday ,08 October 2020

Conflict displaces half of Karabakhs population: Official

 Half of the population of the breakaway enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh have been displaced since fierce fighting erupted more than a week ago between Armenian separatists and Azerbaijan, separatist officials said Wednesday.

"According to our preliminary estimates, some 50 percent of Karabakh  s population and 90 percent of women and children -- or some 70,000-75,000 people -- have been displaced," Karabakh  s rights ombudsman Artak Beglaryan told AFP.