Azerbaijan Shows Journalists Recaptured Region Near Nagorno-Karabakh
- By RFE/RL
An RFE/RL photo correspondent was part of a group of journalists escorted into Azerbaijan's Fuzuli region by government minders. The territory was recently seized back from ethnic Armenian forces after a war over the regions in and around Nagorno-Karabakh broke out in September.
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An Azerbaijani police officer stands near an abandoned Armenian artillery position in Fuzuli on November 18.
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This Armenian homemade 200-millimeter gun was found in an abandoned trench.
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Piles of homemade 200-millimeter shells were left behind by ethnic Armenian forces.
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A destroyed Armenian tank stands at the side of a road in the Fuzuli district of Azerbaijan.
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Journalists are shown an abandoned Armenian tank.
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A phosphorus shell that Azerbaijani authorities say was left behind by ethnic Armenian forces lies cordoned off from onlookers.
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Azerbaijani mine-clearance officers prepare to detonate unexploded munitions.
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Phosphorus ammunitions that Azerbaijani authorities say were left behind by ethnic Armenian armed forces are destroyed.
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An abandoned tank in Azerbaijan's Fuzuli district
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An Azerbaijani soldier sits inside a military vehicle in the recaptured city of Fuzuli.
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An Azerbaijan flag is draped over the ruins of a destroyed military recruitment office in the recaptured city of Fuzuli on November 18.
