Azeris and ethnic Armenians fight as Russia, U.S. and France seek ceasefire
NVARD HOVHANNISYAN, NAILIA BAGIROVA and STEPHANIE NEBEHAY AZERBAIJAN and ethnic Armenians have fought with artillery and heavy guns as the United States, France and Russia stepped up efforts to secure a ceasefire and avert a wider war in the South Caucasus. Azerbaijan said the city of Ganja had come under fire, deep inside its territory. Ethnic Armenians who control the mountain enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh inside Azerbaijan said Stepanakert, its main city, had been shelled by Azeri forces. In a sign of growing alarm in the region, the head of a six-country military alliance led by Russia and including Armenia warned…
