List of conflicts between Armenia and Azerbaijan

The following is a list of armed conflicts between Armenia and Azerbaijan, including their modern predecessor states.

Conflict Start Finish Azerbaijan (and allies) Armenia (and allies) Results Notes
Armenian–Azerbaijani War 1918 1920 Azerbaijan
Ottoman Empire
Russia 		Armenia
United Kingdom
Centrocaspian Dictatorship 		Soviet victory Both Armenia and Azerbaijan underwent Sovietisation.
First Nagorno-Karabakh War 1988 1994 Azerbaijan
Soviet Union (until 1991)
Turkey
Israel
Ukraine 		Armenia
Artsakh 		Armenian military victory[1] De facto unification of Artsakh with Armenia[2] although was an internationally recognised as a de jure part of Azerbaijan.[3]
2008 Mardakert clashes 2008 2008 Azerbaijan Artsakh Armenia Victory Armenia suffered light casualties.
2010 Nagorno-Karabakh clashes 2010 2010 Azerbaijan Armenia Armenia Victory
2010 Mardakert clashes 2010 2010 Azerbaijan Armenia
Artsakh 		Armenia Victory
2012 Armenian–Azerbaijani border clashes 2012 2012 Azerbaijan Armenia
Artsakh 		Armenia Victory
2014 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes 2014 2014 Azerbaijan Armenia Armenia Victory
April War 2016 2016 Azerbaijan Armenia
Artsakh 		Armenia Victory Azerbaijan filed the offensive
Gyunnyut clashes 2018 2018 Azerbaijan Armenia Azerbaijan gains between 10 and 15 km2 of land.[4]
July 2020 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes 2020 2020 Azerbaijan Armenia Both sides claim victory No territorial changes.
Second Nagorno-Karabakh War 2020 2020 Azerbaijan
Turkey (alleged by Armenia; denied by both Turkey and Azerbaijan)[5][6]
Syrian National Army
Arms supplied by Israel.[7] 		Armenia
Artsakh
Volunteers from the Armenian diaspora[8][9]
Arms supplied by Russia (denied by Iran)[10][11] 		Azerbaijani victory Azerbaijan regains control of 5 cities, 4 towns, 286 villages[12] and the entire Azerbaijan–Iran border
Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis (2021–present) 2021
  • 2022
 Ongoing
  • 2022
 Azerbaijan Armenia Ongoing Azerbaijan occupies an estimated 41 km2 of Armenian territory, Russian-brokered ceasefire has taken effect as of November 17, 2021.[13][14]
2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh 2023 2023 Azerbaijan Artsakh Azerbaijani victory Artsakh military is disbanded. Government of Artsakh dissolved on January 1, 2024

See also

References

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  5. ^ "Armenian Foreign Ministry: Turkish Military Experts are Fighting Alongside Azerbaijan". hetq. 28 September 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
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  7. ^ "As Nagorno-Karabakh conflict expands, Israel-Azerbaijan arms trade thrives". Haaretz. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  8. ^ APA.az (28 September 2020). "Vagif Dargahli: "There are mercenaries of Armenian origin from Syria and different countries of the Middle East among the losses of the enemy"". apa.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  9. ^ Rehimov, Ruslan (28 September 2020). "Azerbaijan: Armenian-Syrian mercenaries helping Armenia". Anadolu Agency. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  10. ^ "Spokesman Denies Claim That Arms Transferred via Iran to Armenia". en.mfa.gov.ir. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  11. ^ "شایعات مبنی بر کمک ایران به ارمنستان کاملا بی اساس است". www.iribnews.ir. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  12. ^ "İşğaldan azad edilmiş şəhər və kəndlərimiz". Azerbaijan State News Agency (in Azerbaijani). 1 December 2020. Archived from the original on 4 December 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  13. ^ Kucera, Joshua (15 November 2021). "Tension again spikes between Armenia and Azerbaijan". eurasianet.org. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  14. ^ "Russia Mediates Ceasefire Between Armenia and Azerbaijan". MassisPost. 16 November 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.