{
  "id": "ACM-ARM-AZE",
  "slug": "armenia-azerbaijan-conflict",
  "title": "The Armenia–Azerbaijan Conflict",
  "url": "https://armedconflicts.org/armenia-azerbaijan-conflict.html",
  "status": "Tensions",
  "intensity": "Medium",
  "region": "South Caucasus",
  "type": "Interstate",
  "tracked_since": "1988",
  "revision": "2026-08-05",
  "sources": [
    "ACLED",
    "UCDP",
    "CFR Global Conflict Tracker"
  ],
  "locations": [
    {
      "name": "Yerevan",
      "type": "city",
      "lat": 40.1792,
      "lon": 44.4991,
      "description": "Capital of Armenia and seat of its government."
    },
    {
      "name": "Baku",
      "type": "city",
      "lat": 40.4093,
      "lon": 49.8671,
      "description": "Capital of Azerbaijan and seat of its government."
    },
    {
      "name": "Stepanakert (Khankendi)",
      "type": "city",
      "lat": 39.8236,
      "lon": 46.7503,
      "description": "Former capital of the self-declared Republic of Artsakh, the area's ethnic Armenian population having largely left following Azerbaijan's September 2023 offensive.",
      "control": "Azerbaijan, following the dissolution of the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh administration",
      "source": "Council on Foreign Relations, Global Conflict Tracker",
      "source_url": "https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/nagorno-karabakh-conflict",
      "as_of": "2026-07-29"
    },
    {
      "name": "Shusha (Shushi)",
      "type": "city",
      "lat": 39.7591,
      "lon": 46.7524,
      "description": "Historic hilltop town overlooking Stepanakert, captured by Azerbaijani forces during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.",
      "control": "Azerbaijan",
      "source": "Council on Foreign Relations, Global Conflict Tracker",
      "source_url": "https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/nagorno-karabakh-conflict",
      "as_of": "2026-07-29"
    },
    {
      "name": "Nakhchivan",
      "type": "city",
      "lat": 39.2089,
      "lon": 45.4122,
      "description": "Capital of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, an Azerbaijani exclave separated from mainland Azerbaijan by Armenian territory."
    },
    {
      "name": "Meghri / Zangezur corridor route",
      "type": "border",
      "lat": 38.8889,
      "lon": 46.2364,
      "description": "Southernmost Armenian town along the route of a proposed transit corridor that would link mainland Azerbaijan to the Nakhchivan exclave through Armenia's Syunik province; construction was planned to begin in 2026."
    },
    {
      "name": "Tavush border region",
      "type": "border",
      "lat": 40.8804,
      "lon": 45.15,
      "description": "Undemarcated stretch of the Armenia-Azerbaijan frontier that has seen periodic border clashes and is subject to an ongoing demarcation process."
    },
    {
      "name": "Goris",
      "type": "city",
      "lat": 39.5089,
      "lon": 46.3414,
      "description": "Armenian town in Syunik province that became a main reception point for ethnic Armenians leaving Nagorno-Karabakh in 2023."
    }
  ],
  "revision_history": [
    {
      "date": "2026-08-05",
      "change": "Headlines refreshed",
      "source": "News feed"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-07-29",
      "change": "Stepanakert (Khankendi) control updated",
      "source": "Council on Foreign Relations, Global Conflict Tracker"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-07-29",
      "change": "Shusha (Shushi) control updated",
      "source": "Council on Foreign Relations, Global Conflict Tracker"
    }
  ]
}