(MENAFN- AzerNews) By Sabina Mammadli
President Ilham Aliyev gave an interview to the US Fox News
TV channel The Armenian armed forces fired at a school building in
Azerbaijan's Aghdam district One of the dead in Barda was an 8-year-old
child A meeting between Azerbaijani Foreign Minister
Jeyhun Bayramov and Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan
took place in Geneva
On September 27, 2020, in response to a large-scale provocation
of the Armenian armed forces along the frontline, the Azerbaijani
army launched a counter-offensive operation, later dubbed Iron
Fist.
The 44-day war put an end to the nearly 30-year-long occupation
and secured the liberation of Azerbaijani lands and the restoration
of the country's territorial integrity.
The Azerbaijani army declared a victory against the Armenian
troops. A Moscow-brokered ceasefire deal from November 10, 2020,
stipulated the return of Azerbaijan's Armenian-occupied Kalbajar,
Aghdam, and Lachin Districts and obliged Armenia to withdraw its
troops from the Azerbaijani lands that it has occupied since the
early 1990s. Before the signing of the deal, the Azerbaijani army
had liberated around 300 villages, settlements, city centers, and
the historical Shusha city.
Here's how the fifth week of the war played
out:
Chronicles of Victory: October 25
President Ilham Aliyev gave an interview to the US Fox News TV
channel.
Azerbaijani Army liberated several villages of the Zangilan,
Jabrayil, and Gubadli Districts, as well as the city of Gubadly
from Armenian occupation.
Azerbaijani President held an operation meeting at the Central
Command Post of Defense Ministry with the participation of the
ministry's leadership and commanders of the joint corps located in
the frontline. During the meeting, President Aliyev informed about
the liberation of some parts of the Kalbajar and Gubadly Districts
from Armenian occupation.
A list of destroyed Armenia's military equipment has been
announced.
Non-governmental organizations operating in Azerbaijan appealed
to the Executive Director of UNICEF, Chairman of the Board of the
International Organization for the Rescue of Children, President of
the International Bureau for the Rights of the Child, President of
SOS International Children's Villages, Executive Director of the
Global Fund for Children in connection with the use of children
under the age of 15 by Armenia in the war.
Chronicles of Victory: October 26
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev was interviewed by the
Italian Rai-1 TV channel.
The Armenian armed forces shelled Azerbaijani units using
artillery, violating the ceasefire. Further, Armenia shelled Tartar
with 'Smerch' missiles.
The Armenian Armed Forces fired at a school building in
Azerbaijan's Aghdam district. As a result, the building was greatly
damaged.
An Armenian drone was destroyed. Air defense units of the
Azerbaijani Armed Forces neutralized one of the three missiles
fired by the Armenian Armed Forces at Azerbaijan's Tartar city.
A video of the liberated villages of Padar and Khanlig in the
Gubadli district was released.
Chronicles of Victory: October 27
The chief of staff of the Armenian motorized infantry division
was killed. The list of destroyed military equipment of the
Armenian armed forces has been announced.
Tartar city and the villages of the Tartar district were
shelled, as well as the territories of the Goranboy and Barda
districts.
The death toll from the Armenian missile attack in Barda has
reached five. One of the dead in Barda was an 8-year-old child. The
Defense Ministry said that over the past day, Armenian armed forces
repeatedly violated the humanitarian ceasefire.
The Azerbaijani army liberated four cities, four settlements,
and 165 villages in just one month.
Armenians began calling for the resignation of Prime Minister
Pashinyan and the whole government.
Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry has appealed to international
organizations over Armenia's using children as soldiers. The appeal
was made following the videos widely spread on social media that
clearly demonstrate the fact that Armenia employs children as
soldiers in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan.
Chronicles of Victory: October 28
The Azerbaijani Army liberated several villages in Zangilan,
Jabrayil, and Gubadli districts from the Armenian occupation.
President Ilham Aliyev gave an interview to Russia's Interfax
news agency.
Presidential aide Hikmat Hajiyev has been interviewed by Al
Jazeera TV channel.
The Armenian Armed Forces launched missile strikes on Barda
city. The strikes were made using the Smerch missile systems, as a
result of which 21 civilians were killed and 70 others were
injured.
The territory of Azerbaijan's Tartar district came under enemy
artillery fire using the Smerch multiple-launch missile system.
There are no casualties.
Seven-year-old Aysu Isgandarova, who died as a result of a
missile attack on the Garayusifli settlement of Azerbaijan's Barda
district, was buried in the village cemetery.
Chronicles of Victory: October 29
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Iranian Deputy Foreign
Minister Seyyed Abbas Araqchi have discussed border security.
Azerbaijani defense Ministry announced that during the day and
at nighttime, a large number of enemy forces, 2 - T-72 tanks, 2 -
BM-21 'Grad' MLRS, 14 different types of howitzers, several
strongholds, and 6 auto vehicles in different directions of the
front were destroyed and wrecked.
Azerbaijani Air Defense Units shot down two Su-25 fighter jets
of the Armenian armed forces.
Employees of the National Agency for Mine Action in Azerbaijan
(ANAMA) have collected the debris of the missiles that were fired
at Barda on October 29, 2020.
Armenian armed forces once again shelled Azerbaijan's Barda and
Goranboy Districts. Azerbaijan's Presidential aide Hikmat Hajiyev,
the Prosecutor-General, and foreign diplomats in the country
visited Barda city which came under Armenian missile attacks on
October 28 and 29. The attacks have killed 25 civilians, including
a Red Cross volunteer.
One more Azerbaijani civilian was killed by Armenian Armed
Forces in the Tap village of the Goranboy District.
Chronicles of Victory: October 30
The Azerbaijani army units have destroyed Armenia's Smerch
multiple rocket launchers which had fired at the peaceful
population and civilian infrastructure in the city of Barda.
A fire broke out in the forest area in the Gokgol District and
in the forest zone of the Goranboy District, due to artillery fire
from the Armenian Armed Forces.
Azerbaijan's Armed Forces liberated Khudaverdili, Gurbantepe,
Shahvelendi, Khubyarli villages of Jabrayil District, Aladin and
Vejneli villages of Zangilan District, and Kavdadiq, Memer and
Mollali villages of the District.
A meeting between Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov
and Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan took place in
Geneva.
Azerbaijan's Prosecutor-General informed that seven families
were killed so far as a result of Armenian shelling on civilian
areas.
Chronicles of Victory: October 31
During the day on October 30 and night on October 31, the
Armenian armed forces fired at the positions of the units of the
Azerbaijan Army and Azerbaijani human settlements in different
directions of the front using various weapons, including artillery
and missiles. In turn, a large number of Armenian armed forces, 2
T-72 tanks, 3 infantry fighting vehicles (IFV), 2 'Smerch' and 1
BM-21 'Grad' MLRS, 12 different types of howitzers, 1 - 'OSA'
anti-aircraft missile system, 1 electronic warfare station and 2
auto vehicles were destroyed.
On October 31, at 06:00, Armenia fired artillery shells at the
Tartar, Aghdam, and Aghjabedi districts.
Co-Chairs met separately and jointly with Armenian Foreign
Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister
Jeyhun Bayramov in Geneva on October 30
During the Geneva meeting of Azerbaijani and Armenian foreign
ministers in Geneva, the sides agreed not to deliberately target
civilian populations, to actively engage in the implementation of
the recovery and exchange of remains on the battlefield by
providing the ICRC and PRCiO the necessary safety guarantees for
facilitation; to deliver to the ICRC and PRCiO, within one week, a
list of currently detained prisoners of war for the purposes of
providing access and eventual exchange; to provide in writing
comments and questions related to possible ceasefire verification
mechanisms in accordance with item 2 of the October 10 joint
statement.
Azerbaijani border guards raised the state flag of Azerbaijan in
'Soltanli', 'Khalafli', 'Khudaferin', and 'Gumlag' outposts in the
mostly liberated Jabrayil and Zangilan districts on October 30.
Young Azerbaijani developers created a special website to fight
the spread of Armenian fake news. To prevent such cases, the
website was developed for the mass filing of
complaints.
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