Conflict coverage · South Caucasus

Khojaly massacre

26 Feb 1992Key eventKhojaly

HumanitarianArmenia–Azerbaijan / Karabakh legacy

Armenian forces, with elements of the former Soviet 366th regiment, attack the town of Khojaly; hundreds of Azerbaijani civilians fleeing the town are killed. Azerbaijan's official toll is 613; independent documentation confirmed at least 161 dead while describing the killing of civilians as the largest massacre of the conflict to that point.

Why it mattersThe war's gravest single atrocity against Azerbaijani civilians and a foundational trauma of modern Azerbaijani identity — invoked in every later escalation, and part of why 2020 carried the charge it did.

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Karabakh conflictThe first war and the 1994 ceasefire

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