Azerbaijan on Sunday holds a snap parliamentary election that is the first for the country since it regained full control of a former breakaway territory in a lightning offensive last year.
FILE - In this photo provided by the Azerbaijan's Presidential Press Office, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev speaks at a parade in Khankendi, capital of the former breakaway territory of Karabakh, Azerbaijan, on Nov. 8, 2023.
Aliyev and his late father, Heydar Aliyev, have led Azerbaijan with their heavy-handed rule since 1993, suppressing dissent as the country of almost 10 million people on the shores of the Caspian Sea basked in growing wealth from its huge oil and natural gas reserves. The election comes just short of a year after Azerbaijani forces routed the remains of the self-declared government in the Karabakh region, which since 1994 had been under the control of ethnic Armenian forces backed by Armenia. Most of the region's 120,000 Armenian residents fled the region the the face of the offensive.
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