Letter to the Editor: The Caucasus and the Middle East

On the morning of September 27, 2020, Azerbaijan attacked the Armenian Republic of Artsakh. Turkey provided military support to Azerbaijan, while Israel supported Azerbaijan with all technological and military means. The war lasted 44 days and ended with Azerbaijan seizing a large area of Artsakh. Armenians lost approximately 5,000 soldiers, while Azerbaijan lost approximately 3,000 soldiers, killed and missing. 85 Armenian civilians were killed, while 21 were missing. The loss of land and life was a big blow to Armenians in their homeland in particular and in the Diaspora in general.

The war was marked by the deployment of drones, sensors, long-range heavy artillery and missile strikes, as well as state propaganda and the use of official social media accounts in online information warfare. In particular, Azerbaijan’s widespread use of Israeli unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) was crucial in determining the conflict’s outcome.