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Thousands of Armenians flee Nagorno-Karabakh

Moscow says Russian peacekeepers in the region assisting with evacuation

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Refugees load their cars as they leave the Red Cross registration center, in Goris. Pic/AP

Refugees load their cars as they leave the Red Cross registration center, in Goris. Pic/AP

Thousands of Armenians streamed out of Nagorno-Karabakh on Monday after the Azerbaijani military reclaimed full control of the breakaway region.

The Azerbaijani military routed Armenian forces in a 24-hour blitz last week, forcing the separatist authorities to agree to lay down weapons and start talks on Nagorno-Karabakh’s “reintegration” into Azerbaijan after three decades of rule.

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