Shusha was one of the main targets of the Armenians. They first occupied Khankendi in 1991. On Feb. 26, 1992, the town of Khojaly fell into their hands, and then Shusha on May 8, 1992.

Item 1 of 2 A view shows the town of Shusha, recaptured by Azerbaijani forces from the ethnic Armenians in 2020 during the military conflict in the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, July 16, 2021.

But Shusha has become the clear top priority of the reconstruction efforts. President Ilham Aliyev has made several high-profile visits to the city to highlight the ongoing work. “Shusha will become ...

Local officials say that Shusha will eventually have 30,000 residents, and the nearly 20,000 Azerbaijanis who lived there three decades ago will be first in line for new homes.

Children in the Pirsagi camp for people displaced from Shusha celebrate the announcement of the city's capture. (photo: Ulkar Natiqqizi) Azerbaijanis are celebrating their government’s announcement ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country is ready to open a consulate in Shusha, a city that Azerbaijan took from Armenian forces in a war in 2020.

Shusha fell to Armenian forces on May 9th, 1992, less than 24 hours after they launched their assault on the once beautiful mountain citadel. The shelling of Stepanakert stopped and the tide of ...

Standing in front of Shusha's famed Ghazanchetsots (Holy Saviour) Cathedral, he called on Armenians to come to the defence of the strategically important town, the second-largest in Karabakh after ...

On May 28, Azerbaijan will celebrate its own Independence Day marking the founding of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (ADR) as the first secular democratic state in the Muslim world.

An Azerbaijani mother felt the joy of returning with her family to the historic city of Shusha, which she had to leave as a child after its occupation by Armenian forces. Ilhame Ibrahimova, now 30 ...

Shusha, an Azerbaijani city, has been chosen as the tourism capital of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) for the year 2026. The 7th meeting of ECO tourism experts and the 5th tourism ...