A major conflict erupted in 2020 that reshaped the map of the South Caucasus
The landscape of the South Caucasus was fundamentally altered in 2020 when a long-simmering dispute over the Nagorno-Karabakh region escalated into a high-tech conflict that redrew international borders.
On September 27, 2020, a full-scale war erupted in Nagorno-Karabakh as Azerbaijan launched a major offensive to reclaim territory held by ethnic Armenian forces for nearly three decades. This forty-four-day conflict became a turning point in modern warfare, as the heavy use of advanced drones and precision strikes rendered traditional trench defenses largely obsolete.
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