Karabakh shuts schools due to gas, electricity shortages amid Azerbaijan blockade

Authorities in the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh shut schools on Friday due to gas and electricity shortages amid a blockade by arch-enemy Azerbaijan.

Since mid-December, a group of Azerbaijanis has been blocking a road to Karabakh to protest what they claim is illegal mining causing environmental damage in Karabakh.

As a result, the region of around 120,000 people is running short of food, medicines and fuel.