Armenian Azerbaijan War (Zoom only) A peace deal has been agreed between Armenia and Azerbaijan, two former Soviet Union republics in the Caucasus region. It brings to an end weeks of fierce fighting in which thousands of people were reported killed and many more displaced. At the heart of the conflict was the Nagorno-Karabakh region. Nagorno-Karabakh is part of Azerbaijan, but its population is majority Armenian. As the Soviet Union saw increasing tensions in its constituent republics in the 1980s, Nagorno-Karabakh voted to become part of Armenia - sparking a war that stopped with a ceasefire in 1994. Since then, Nagorno-Karabakh has remained part of Azerbaijan but is controlled by separatist ethnic Armenians backed by the Armenian government. Armenia is majority Christian while Azerbaijan is majority Muslim. Turkey has close ties to Azerbaijan, while Russia is allied with Armenia - although it also has good relations with Azerbaijan. Fighting came to an end in November when both sides agreed to sign a Russian-brokered peace deal.
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