International Community and Heavy Fighting

Nagorno-Karabakh: But familiarity breeds complacency, if not contempt, which is why the international community was largely unprepared for the heavy fighting that erupted in Nagorno-Karabakh on April 1, claiming dozens of lives, according to The Moscow Times. There still is little verified information about the fighting and how it was unleashed. Each spring, when low-level violence tends to break out, policymakers worry about incidents spiraling out of control due to miscalculation or escalation by leaders in Azerbaijan or Armenia. Each side claims it has inflicted heavy losses on the other. Ongoing fighting has been reported. Azeri authorities say they have reclaimed control of some strategic heights, and declared a truce on April 3. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.