" The AP adds the city "is of significant military value because it sits on heights about 10 kilometers (six miles) south of the region's capital of Stepanakert and lies along the main road connecting Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia." In addition, it is "significant as a onetime center of Azerbaijani culture,

ains so bitter that some say they would have preferred to fight on." The "sting of the Moscow-brokered peace deal was acute at a military outpost in Stepanakert, the main city in the enclave governed by a pro-Armenian government but within the internationally recognized borders of Azerbaijan." This "also re

ains so bitter that some say they would have preferred to fight on." The "sting of the Moscow-brokered peace deal was acute at a military outpost in Stepanakert, the main city in the enclave governed by a pro-Armenian government but within the internationally recognized borders of Azerbaijan." This "also re

The AP adds the city "is of significant military value because it sits on heights about 10 kilometers (six miles) south of the region's capital of Stepanakert and lies along the main road connecting Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia." In addition, it is "significant as a onetime center of Azerbaijani culture,

The AP adds the city "is of significant military value because it sits on heights about 10 kilometers (six miles) south of the region's capital of Stepanakert and lies along the main road connecting Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia." In addition, it is "significant as a onetime center of Azerbaijani culture,