Caucasus: Nagorno-Karabakh

Dormant. Armenian Orthodoxy vs Azeri Muslims.
 
The historic origins of this conflict lie in a decision by Stalin in 1923 to place Nagorno-Karabakh under Azeri rule. This was part of an historic though dormant Armenian conflict with neighbouring Turkey (re: Turkish refusal to recognise the Armenian genocide 1914-18 - up to 1.5m dead)and neighbouring Turkic Azerbaijan.
 
Conflict started early in 1992 after the collapse of USSR, over this Christian Armenian-populated territory lying within Muslim Azerbaijan. Azeri forces initially dominated the conflict, but spirited resistance from Karabakh Armenians drove the Azeris out. Ceasefire in 1994, no final agreement yet. Deaths 35,000; 600,000 Azeris and 300,000 Armenians displaced.

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Reuters Alertnet: Nagorno-Karabakh
New Internationalist
Wikipedia: Nagorno-Karabakh
BBC: Nagorno-Karabakh
Global Security: Nagorno-Karabakh