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The new ceasefire deal was announced after one of the deadliest attacks on civilians so far on Saturday, when a missile hit a residential area of Azerbaijan's second city GanjaAzerbaijan said it was in talks with the ICRC and was prepared to unilaterally hand over some bodies of Armenian servicemen

Azerbaijan’s president, Ilham Aliyev, denounced the missile strike as a war crime and warned the leadership of Armenia that it would face responsibilityAliyev announced Saturday that Azerbaijani forces have taken the town of Fizuli and seven villages around it, gaining a 'strategic edge'

The long-simmering conflict has erupted again in a Caucasus region where Russia and Turkey vie for influence

If the truce had held, it would have marked a major diplomatic coup for Russia, which has a security pact with Armenia but also cultivated warm ties with AzerbaijanNagorno-Karabakh's military officials denied attacking Ganja and said the territory's army is observing the cease-fire

On Sunday, Azerbaijan accused Armenia of heavily shelling a residential area in GanjaA Reuters photographer in Ganja saw rescue workers carrying one dead person from the ruins of the apartment building on Sunday morning

If the truce holds, it would mark a major diplomatic coup for Russia, which has a security pact with Armenia but also cultivated warm ties with AzerbaijanRussia has co-sponsored peace talks on Nagorno-Karabakh together with the United States and France as co-chairs of the so-called Minsk Group

If the truce holds, it would mark a major diplomatic coup for Russia that has a security pact with Armenia but also cultivated warm ties with Azerbaijan.The announcement followed 10 hours of talks in Moscow sponsored by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who read the statement

Karabakh, Azerbaijan's ethnically Armenian region, broke away from Baku in a 1990s war that claimed the lives of some 30,000 peopleThe mountainous enclave of some 140,000 is internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan's defence ministry said its forces had 'captured new footholds' and that the Armenians had 'suffered serious losses in manpower and military hardware'

The long-simmering conflict erupted on Sunday with both sides blaming each other for the outbreak of violenceInternational pressure for a ceasefire has mounted as fears grow that the conflict could escalate into all-out war