Nagorno-Karabakh region says military death toll rises to 1,177

[November 02, 2020]    YEREVAN (Reuters) - The region of Nagorno-Karabakh has lost 11 more soldiers in fighting with Azeri forces, taking its military death toll to 1,177 since the clashes erupted on Sept. 27, the region's defence ministry said on Monday.

A view shows damaged cars and the ruins of a building following recent shelling in the town of Shushi (Shusha), in the course of a military conflict over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, October 28, 2020. Hayk Baghdasaryan/Photolure via REUTERS

Fighting has surged to its worst since the 1990s, when about 30,000 people were killed.

(Reporting by Nvard Hovhannisyan; writing by Tom Balmforth; editing by Andrey Ostroukh)

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