Turkey holds joint military drills with Azerbaijan amid Armenia conflict - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Al-Monitor Staff

Jul 31, 2020

Armenian servicemen transport used tires in the back of a truck to fortify their positions on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border near the village of Movses on July 15, 2020. At least 16 people on both sides were killed in three days of shelling that started July 12 between the ex-Soviet republics, which have been locked for decades in a conflict over Azerbaijan's separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh. — KAREN MINASYAN/AFP via Getty Images

Turkey and Azerbaijan are conducting joint military drills amid ongoing clashes between Azerbaijan and Armenia.

Turkey sent US-made F-16 fighter jets to Azerbaijan for joint exercises, Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry announced today. The joint military drills began Wednesday and involve planes and helicopters throughout Azerbaijan, Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency reported.

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