Fighting In Nagorno-Karabakh Enters Critical Phase

A passenger waits as his car is searched at a checkpoint while leaving Nagorno-Karabakh on November 8. 

A man stands near a burning car on a mountain road between Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia as heavy fighting continued around the town of Shushi/Susa on November 8.

Blood-stained stretchers in a morgue in Stepanakert on November 6.

Journalists take selfies next to a defaced sign in territory recaptured by Azerbaijani forces on November 8.

An Armenian mortar crew fighting near Stepanakert. The photo was published on November 5.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev gestures as he makes a televised address on November 8 announcing the capture of Shushi/Susa. 

Rescuers carry the victim of a rocket attack on the city of Stepanakert on November 6. 

An Azerbaijani soldier hoists his country's flag during a ceremony in the village of Mincivan, which was recently taken from Armenian forces. 

Armenian musician Hakob Khalatian plays his kamancha string instrument in a bomb shelter in Stepanakert on November 5. 

An Armenian military reservist walks along a street in Stepanakert on November 5.

A charred fragment of a Turkish-made Bayraktar drone after the aircraft was reportedly shot down on November 8. 

A man in Baku joins crowds celebrating in the Azerbaijani capital after President Ilham Aliyev claimed on November 8 that his forces had captured the city of Shushi/Susa. 

A baker prepares dough in Stepanakert on November 5. 

A man makes a coffin at a furniture workshop in Stepanakert on November 4. The company switched its business to casket production amid the ongoing military conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh. 

Armenian servicemen in Nagorno-Karabakh walk near the Armenian border on November 8. 

Fires burn in the forest around Stepanakert amid fighting on November 5.