![Hundreds have lost their lives on both sides after more than three weeks of hostilities [Bulent Kilic/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/000_8RZ3AW.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
A US-brokered truce came into effect on Monday but like two previous peace attempts, it is struggling to hold.
Azerbaijan
![Top left: Teymur Asgarov holds his niece's dress; top right: Rovshan Asgarov gestures to show the site of the attack; bottom left: Ramiz Agadev collects undamaged items from the debris; bottom right: residents gathered a few food products from the scene [Seymur Kazimov/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Untitled-1-2.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Ganja city has been hit three times in the war over Nagorno-Karabakh, killing at least 26 people including a baby girl.
![Ethnic Armenian soldiers at their fighting positions on the front line during the conflict against Azerbaijan's armed forces in the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh [File: Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2020-10-20T152043Z_1356463872_RC2FMJ9SCBKW_RTRMADP_3_ARMENIA-AZERBAIJAN.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Third attempt at halting fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh has collapsed, with shelling reported by both...
![Weapons at the fighting positions of ethnic Armenian soldiers in Nagorno-Karabakh [Stringer/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2020-10-20T152008Z_836669790_RC2FMJ9KVE4A_RTRMADP_3_ARMENIA-AZERBAIJAN.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
The latest truce will take effect on Monday morning, according to a joint statement by the US,...
![The latest fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh broke out on September 27 [Handout via Anadolu]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20201022_2_44969404_59112519.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Armenia, Azerbaijan blame each other for continuation of the conflict as Aliyev warns Moscow not to get involved.
![The collapse of two Russia-brokered truces had already dimmed the prospect of a quick end to fighting [File: AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AP_20286452034147.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Azerbaijan reported fighting in and around Nagorno-Karabakh despite Pompeo holding talks with both sides in the US.
Why are Armenia and Azerbaijan still fighting in one of the world’s oldest conflicts?
![People sit in a bomb shelter during a military conflict in the city of Stepanakert, the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh in Azerbaijan on October 5, 2020 [Areg Balayan/ArmGov PAN Photo via AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AP_20280322728506.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Only diplomacy will work.
![Rescuers carry an injured person to an ambulance after shelling by Armenian artillery during fighting in Ganja, Azerbaijan on October 11, 2020 [AP/Aziz Karimov]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AP_20287741945666.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
And how can it be resolved?
![A woman stands outside a shelter in the city of Stepanakert on October 10, 2020, during the continuing military conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh [File: Aris Messinis/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/000_8RT8Z9.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Moscow sells weapons to Armenia and Azerbaijan but has also led attempts for a truce.
![An Armenian soldier walks at the frontline in Nagorno-Karabakh [Aris Messinis/ AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/000_8TC842.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemns attacks on civilians in fighting over the disputed region.
![Residents wait at a blast site hit by a missile in Ganja [Umit Bektas/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2020-10-17T070753Z_802747059_RC27KJ91XTKO_RTRMADP_3_ARMENIA-AZERBAIJAN-GANJA.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
New truce came a week after Russia-brokered deal failed to stop the worst fighting in the region in decades.
![Members of Asgerov family mourn for their five relatives who died when a rocket hit their home in Ganja [Umit Bektas/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2020-10-17T114029Z_1175816162_RC2BKJ9GHCB5_RTRMADP_3_ARMENIA-AZERBAIJAN-GANJA.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Armenia and Azerbaijan agree on a ceasefire from midnight, hours after a missile attack kills civilians in Ganja.
![At least 31 Armenians have died in less than a month of fighting, along with dozens of Azerbaijanis and hundreds of soldiers [David Ghahramanyan/NKR InfoCenter/PAN Photo/Handout via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2020-10-06T164953Z_980656722_RC24DJ93PVO7_RTRMADP_3_ARMENIA-AZERBAIJAN.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
The main city in the disputed mountain region resembles a ghost town, where people share stories of grief underground.