2010 Nagorno-Karabakh clashes
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{{Short description|Military conflict in Azerbaijan}}
{{Infobox Military Conflict
| conflict = 2010 Nagorno-Karabakh clashes
| partof = the [[Nagorno-Karabakh conflict]]
| image =
| caption =
| date = 18 February 2010
| place = [[Goranboy Rayon]], [[Tartar Rayon]] and [[Agdam Rayon]], [[Azerbaijan]]
| result =
| combatant1 = {{flag|Armenia}}
| combatant2 = {{flag|Azerbaijan}}
| strength1 = Unknown
| strength2 = Unknown
| casualties1 = {{flagicon|Armenia}} None
| casualties2 = {{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} 3 killed, 1 wounded
| notes = |
}}
{{Campaignbox Armenian–Azerbaijani border conflict}}
The '''2010 Nagorno-Karabakh clashes''' were a series of exchanges of gunfire that took place on February 18 on the line of contact dividing [[Military of Azerbaijan|Azerbaijani]] and the [[Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army|Karabakh Armenian military forces]]. Azerbaijan accused the Armenian forces of firing on the Azerbaijani positions near [[Tap Qaraqoyunlu]], [[Qızıloba, Tartar|Qızıloba]], Qapanlı, [[Yusifcanlı]] and [[Cavahirli]] villages, as well as in uplands of [[Agdam Rayon]] with small arms fire including snipers.{{cite news|url=http://www.news.az/articles/9542 |title=Azerbaijan announces names of soldiers killed and wounded by Armenian fire |publisher=News.az |access-date=2010-11-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100221014227/http://www.news.az/articles/9542 |archive-date=February 21, 2010 }}{{cite news |title=Azerbaijan: Baku Claims Three Dead in Karabakh Crossfire |work=Eurasianet |url=https://eurasianet.org/azerbaijan-baku-claims-three-dead-in-karabakh-crossfire |url-status=live |access-date=2010-11-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726041803/http://new.eurasianet.org/departments/news/articles/eav021910.shtml |archive-date=July 26, 2011}} As a result, three Azerbaijani soldiers were killed and one wounded.{{cite news|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/Three_Azerbaijani_Soldiers_Killed_Near_NagornoKarabakh/1962175.html|title=Three Azerbaijani Soldiers Killed Near Nagorno-Karabakh |newspaper=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |date=18 February 2010 |publisher =[[RFE/RL]]|access-date=2010-11-27| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101127072308/http://www.rferl.org/content/Three_Azerbaijani_Soldiers_Killed_Near_NagornoKarabakh/1962175.html| archive-date= 27 November 2010 | url-status= live}}
The engagement became the second deadliest ceasefire violation [[Bishkek Protocol|since 1994]], after the [[2008 Mardakert skirmishes|2008 Mardakert clashes]].
==Incidents==
The incidents embraced two regions in Nagorno-Karabakh ([[Tartar Rayon]], [[Agdam Rayon]]) and one region out of it ([[Goranboy Rayon]]). Azerbaijani sources claim that on 13:00 local time the Karabakh Armenian military fired from [[Talısh, Nagorno-Karabakh|Talysh]] towards the Azerbaijani positions in [[Tap Qaraqoyunlu]]. Accordingly, at 15:00 Armenian troops allegedly opened fire from Agdam Rayon, killing one Azeri soldier. After some time the shooting achieved a large-scale character and continued until evening. According to the Azerbaijani side, Karabakh Armenian troops withdrew with losses.
==Casualties==
Following the incidents the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry announced the names of those killed: Private Sahil Mammadov (born 10 April 1991, called up by Shaki Commissariat in April, 2009), Corporal Royal Farajov (born 8 March 1991, called up in April, 2009), Private Davud Rustamov (born 22 July 1991, called up in October, 2009). Private Elvin Adigozalov (born 10 December 1990, called up in January, 2009) was wounded.
Although the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense estimated Armenian casualties to be "not less than ours",{{cite web|url=http://www.milli.az/news/karabah/3116.html|title=Cəbhə xəttində atışma: 3 əsgərimiz şəhid oldu|publisher=Milli.az|access-date=2010-11-27|language=az|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706131547/http://www.milli.az/news/karabah/3116.html|archive-date=2011-07-06|url-status=dead}} Armenian military spokesman Senor Hasratian denied that the Armenian side had sustained any casualties.{{cite news|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/NagornoKarabakh_Forces_Committed_To_CeaseFire/1963820.html|title=Nagorno-Karabakh Forces 'Committed' To Cease-Fire |date=February 20, 2010|publisher =RFE/RL|access-date=2010-11-27| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101127074038/http://www.rferl.org/content/NagornoKarabakh_Forces_Committed_To_CeaseFire/1963820.html| archive-date= 27 November 2010 | url-status= live}}
==International reaction==
*{{flag|Iran}} On February 19 Iranian ambassador in Armenia Seyed Ali Saghaeyan said at a press conference in [[Yerevan]]: "Iran shares a common border with Karabakh, and therefore we surely have our own considerations and views about the composition of a peacekeeping force that might be deployed in the conflict zone". Saghaeyan, however, did not clarify what he meant by Iran and Karabakh share "a common border."
==Notes==
{{Reflist|colwidth=40em}}
{{Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict}}
{{Post-Cold War Asian conflicts}}
{{coord missing|Azerbaijan}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nagorno-Karabakh Skirmish}}
[[Category:Battles of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict|2010 skirmish]]
[[Category:2010 in Azerbaijan]]
[[Category:Conflicts in 2010]]
[[Category:Battles involving the Republic of Artsakh|2010 skirmish]]
[[Category:2010 in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic|Skirmish]]
[[Category:2010 in Asia]]
[[Category:February 2010 in Asia]]
[[Category:Combat incidents]]
[[Category:Battles in 2010|Nagorno-Karabakh ]]
{{Infobox Military Conflict
| conflict = 2010 Nagorno-Karabakh clashes
| partof = the [[Nagorno-Karabakh conflict]]
| image =
| caption =
| date = 18 February 2010
| place = [[Goranboy Rayon]], [[Tartar Rayon]] and [[Agdam Rayon]], [[Azerbaijan]]
| result =
| combatant1 = {{flag|Armenia}}
| combatant2 = {{flag|Azerbaijan}}
| strength1 = Unknown
| strength2 = Unknown
| casualties1 = {{flagicon|Armenia}} None
| casualties2 = {{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} 3 killed, 1 wounded
| notes = |
}}
{{Campaignbox Armenian–Azerbaijani border conflict}}
The '''2010 Nagorno-Karabakh clashes''' were a series of exchanges of gunfire that took place on February 18 on the line of contact dividing [[Military of Azerbaijan|Azerbaijani]] and the [[Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army|Karabakh Armenian military forces]]. Azerbaijan accused the Armenian forces of firing on the Azerbaijani positions near [[Tap Qaraqoyunlu]], [[Qızıloba, Tartar|Qızıloba]], Qapanlı, [[Yusifcanlı]] and [[Cavahirli]] villages, as well as in uplands of [[Agdam Rayon]] with small arms fire including snipers.{{cite news|url=http://www.news.az/articles/9542 |title=Azerbaijan announces names of soldiers killed and wounded by Armenian fire |publisher=News.az |access-date=2010-11-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100221014227/http://www.news.az/articles/9542 |archive-date=February 21, 2010 }}{{cite news |title=Azerbaijan: Baku Claims Three Dead in Karabakh Crossfire |work=Eurasianet |url=https://eurasianet.org/azerbaijan-baku-claims-three-dead-in-karabakh-crossfire |url-status=live |access-date=2010-11-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726041803/http://new.eurasianet.org/departments/news/articles/eav021910.shtml |archive-date=July 26, 2011}} As a result, three Azerbaijani soldiers were killed and one wounded.{{cite news|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/Three_Azerbaijani_Soldiers_Killed_Near_NagornoKarabakh/1962175.html|title=Three Azerbaijani Soldiers Killed Near Nagorno-Karabakh |newspaper=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |date=18 February 2010 |publisher =[[RFE/RL]]|access-date=2010-11-27| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101127072308/http://www.rferl.org/content/Three_Azerbaijani_Soldiers_Killed_Near_NagornoKarabakh/1962175.html| archive-date= 27 November 2010 | url-status= live}}
The engagement became the second deadliest ceasefire violation [[Bishkek Protocol|since 1994]], after the [[2008 Mardakert skirmishes|2008 Mardakert clashes]].
==Incidents==
The incidents embraced two regions in Nagorno-Karabakh ([[Tartar Rayon]], [[Agdam Rayon]]) and one region out of it ([[Goranboy Rayon]]). Azerbaijani sources claim that on 13:00 local time the Karabakh Armenian military fired from [[Talısh, Nagorno-Karabakh|Talysh]] towards the Azerbaijani positions in [[Tap Qaraqoyunlu]]. Accordingly, at 15:00 Armenian troops allegedly opened fire from Agdam Rayon, killing one Azeri soldier. After some time the shooting achieved a large-scale character and continued until evening. According to the Azerbaijani side, Karabakh Armenian troops withdrew with losses.
==Casualties==
Following the incidents the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry announced the names of those killed: Private Sahil Mammadov (born 10 April 1991, called up by Shaki Commissariat in April, 2009), Corporal Royal Farajov (born 8 March 1991, called up in April, 2009), Private Davud Rustamov (born 22 July 1991, called up in October, 2009). Private Elvin Adigozalov (born 10 December 1990, called up in January, 2009) was wounded.
Although the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense estimated Armenian casualties to be "not less than ours",{{cite web|url=http://www.milli.az/news/karabah/3116.html|title=Cəbhə xəttində atışma: 3 əsgərimiz şəhid oldu|publisher=Milli.az|access-date=2010-11-27|language=az|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706131547/http://www.milli.az/news/karabah/3116.html|archive-date=2011-07-06|url-status=dead}} Armenian military spokesman Senor Hasratian denied that the Armenian side had sustained any casualties.{{cite news|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/NagornoKarabakh_Forces_Committed_To_CeaseFire/1963820.html|title=Nagorno-Karabakh Forces 'Committed' To Cease-Fire |date=February 20, 2010|publisher =RFE/RL|access-date=2010-11-27| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101127074038/http://www.rferl.org/content/NagornoKarabakh_Forces_Committed_To_CeaseFire/1963820.html| archive-date= 27 November 2010 | url-status= live}}
==International reaction==
*{{flag|Iran}} On February 19 Iranian ambassador in Armenia Seyed Ali Saghaeyan said at a press conference in [[Yerevan]]: "Iran shares a common border with Karabakh, and therefore we surely have our own considerations and views about the composition of a peacekeeping force that might be deployed in the conflict zone". Saghaeyan, however, did not clarify what he meant by Iran and Karabakh share "a common border."
==Notes==
{{Reflist|colwidth=40em}}
{{Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict}}
{{Post-Cold War Asian conflicts}}
{{coord missing|Azerbaijan}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nagorno-Karabakh Skirmish}}
[[Category:Battles of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict|2010 skirmish]]
[[Category:2010 in Azerbaijan]]
[[Category:Conflicts in 2010]]
[[Category:Battles involving the Republic of Artsakh|2010 skirmish]]
[[Category:2010 in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic|Skirmish]]
[[Category:2010 in Asia]]
[[Category:February 2010 in Asia]]
[[Category:Combat incidents]]
[[Category:Battles in 2010|Nagorno-Karabakh ]]
