30 Azerbaijani families returned to the village of Khorovlu
Members of 30 Azerbaijani families who fled during the Karabakh conflict returned to the village of Khorovlu in the Jabrayil district today.
As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," by December 24, 2025, 6,206 families (24,729 people) had returned to 31 settlements in the former Karabakh conflict zone, including 191 families (762 people) to the village of Khorovlu in the Jabrayil district.
Azerbaijanis from Karabakh settlements were forced to leave their homes after the start of the First Karabakh War. The return of the displaced persons began after Azerbaijan took control of these territories. The Jabrayil region came under Azerbaijani control following the 44-day Karabakh War of 2020. President Ilham Aliyev announced on October 4, 2020, that Azerbaijani forces had captured the city of Jabrayil (Armenian name: Jrakan) and several villages, including Khorovlu.
Today, 30 families (115 people) of former internally displaced persons (IDPs) were sent to the village of Khorovlu in the Jabrayil region, Trend reports.
These families were previously housed in dormitories, sanatoriums, and administrative buildings, Report reports.
The IDPs, who lived in a lyceum dormitory in Baku, complained about their living conditions. More than 30 families from the Zangelan and Jebrail districts were housed in the building. The "Caucasian Knot" published a photo report by Aziz Karimov, "A hostel for internally displaced persons from the Karabakh conflict zone in Baku".
61-year-old Zakhid Yusifov said he left Khorovlya at the age of 27 and is now returning there with his wife and children. "Returning to Khorovlya fills me with unforgettable feelings," the publication quotes him as saying.
Former internally displaced person Nizami Kalbaliyev also noted that he had waited many years to return to his homeland. "The long-standing melancholy is in the past. I am very happy to return to our village," he is quoted as saying.
As a reminder, on September 19-20, 2023, Azerbaijan carried out large-scale military operations and took control of the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, which began a mass exodus of the Armenian population. By October 7, 2023, 100,632 internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Nagorno-Karabakh had arrived in Armenia, and by September 2024, only 14 Armenians remained in the region. The "Caucasian Knot" has prepared a report, "The Beginning and End of the Unrecognized Republic of Artsakh."
Azerbaijani IDPs complained about the difficulties of returning to Karabakh. In particular, they noted a shortage of jobs in Fuzuli. People are seeking opportunities to return to their homelands, but property issues in the territories under Azerbaijani control have not yet been resolved, the IDPs noted.
Azerbaijani analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" indicated that simply providing housing to IDPs returning to their cities is not enough. Authorities must create jobs and build infrastructure, they stressed.
Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/421101
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