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Armenian armed forces fired at the Azerbaijani villages of Tartar, Aghdam, and Aghjabedi regions from 07:40 to 08:10 local time, the Defence Ministry reported today.

Units of the Azerbaijan Army took retaliatory measures to suppress the firing points of Armenian troops, the ministry said.

An Azerbaijani civilian was killed in Armenian missile attack on Barda district at 16:00 local time on November 6.

Ninety-three Azerbaijani civilians have been killed and hundreds other have been injured in Armenia's indiscriminate attacks since September 27.

Armenian Armed Forces launched a large-scale military attack on positions of the Azerbaijani army on the front line, using large-caliber weapons, mortars, and artillery on Sept. 27.

Azerbaijan responded with a counter-offensive along the entire front. As a result of retaliation, Azerbaijani troops liberated a number of territories previously occupied by Armenia, as well as take important, strategic heights under control.

The fighting continued into October 2020, in the early days of which Armenia has launched missile attacks on Azerbaijani cities of Ganja, Mingachevir, Khizi as well as Absheron district.

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a result of the ensuing war, the Armenian Armed Forces occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.

The 1994 ceasefire agreement was followed by peace negotiations. Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council resolutions on the withdrawal of its armed forces from Nagorno Karabakh and the surrounding districts.