Almost from the first days since the resumption of hostilities, the Armenian side and some Western and Russian media began to spread disinformation about Syrian mercenaries allegedly fighting on the side of Azerbaijan. However, all requests from the Azerbaijani and neutral journalists and exper
The nearly 200,000 Azerbaijanis who lived in Soviet Armenia in the early 1980s either left or were expelled from the republic in 1988-89. This displacement of Azerbaijanis were due to the actions taken by Armenia to ethnically cleanse Azerbaijani population.
Few years later The Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven adjacent districts of Azerbaijan were invaded and occupied by Armenia. As a result, almost 700,000 Azerbaijanis were expelled from their ancestral lands and homes. On 14 March 2008, UN General Assembly adopted a resolution reaffirming territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, demanding withdrawal of all Armenian forces from this lands.