Karabakh President’s spokesman cited the brutal murder of 3 elderly people in the village of Talish as the mercenaries’ signature.

"Russia continues making major efforts for the parties to return to a ceasefire," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

According to the Defense Ministry, specific measures should be coordinated and implemented in order to reach a ceasefire

Islamic State, which controls territory in northern and western Iraq, claimed several of the attacks on statements on its Amaq news agency.

The members were killed in connection with the assassination of senior Islamic State figure Abu Hija al-Tunisi.

“The patient has already undergone surgery, his condition now assessed as critical but stable,” the chief of Berd hospital said.

“If the current military actions turn into large-scale operations, Armenia will recognize the Artsakh Republic,” President Sargsyan declared.

According to deputy chief of the hospital Artashes Khachatyan, the soldiers’ condition is assessed as stable with a positive dynamic noted.

Poland allows the termination of a pregnancy only at an early stage and when it threatens the life or health of the mother.

Attacks on the airport and a Brussels metro station by so-called Islamic State on 22 March left 32 people dead.