Thousands of Armenians flee Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan takes control

An ethnic Armenian boy from Nagorno-Karabakh looks on from a car upon arrival in Armenia’s Goris (Vasily Krestyaninov/AP)

Thousands of Armenians have streamed out of Nagorno-Karabakh after the Azerbaijani military reclaimed full control of the breakaway region, while Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Azerbaijan on Monday in a show of support to its ally.

The Azerbaijani military routed Armenian forces in a 24-hour blitz last week, forcing the separatist authorities to agree to lay down weapons and start talks on Nagorno-Karabakh’s “reintegration” into Azerbaijan after three decades of separatist rule.