In Azerbaijan , prosecutors have said on Thursday that they were seeking life sentences for five former leaders and officials of Nagorno-Karabakh . This comes two years after Azerbaijani forces retook full control of the region, which had been controlled by ethnic Armenians, who referred to the region as Artsakh . Most of the estimated 100,000 Armenians in the region fled after Azerbaijan's offensive in 2023 amid allegations of Azerbaijani troops conducting ethnic cleansing. The five Armenians