The Latest Breaking News from NagornoKarabakh

As more than 100,000 people flee to avoid rule by Azerbaijan, it’s time for the EU to consider the prospect of membership for Armenia

Ex-Nagorno-Karabakh leader Arayik Harutyunyan faces arrest warrant as UN mission visits region. Tens of thousands of ethnic Armenians flee due to fear of reprisals. UN mission is first in region in 3 decades. Protest in Athens, Greece, against dissolution of Nagorno-Karabakh.

More than 100,000 ethnic Armenians – almost the entire population – have left Nagorno-Karabakh since Azerbaijan attacked and ordered the breakaway region's militants to disarm, the Armenian government said on Saturday. Armenia is seeking aid from the European Union to help it cope with the influx of refugees.

Armenia's government says an ethnic Armenian exodus has nearly emptied Nagorno-Karabakh of residents since Azerbaijan attacked and ordered the breakaway region’s militants to disarm

As a result of the Azerbaijani attack on the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh on September 19 and the forced exodus that followed it, this region will soon be empty of Armenians – for the first time in more than two millennia.

‘All you can see is a sea of cars stretching to the horizon ... people cooking by the side of the road’

Armenian officials say more than 70% of Nagorno-Karabakh's original population have fled the region for Armenia

The swift fall of the ethnic Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh to Azerbaijani troops and exodus of much of its population has stunned the large Armenian diaspora around the world.

The Armenian diaspora has been stunned by the swift fall of the Armenian-majority enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh to Azerbaijani troops and the exodus of much of its population