However , relations between some Kurdish organizations and the Iranian government quickly deteriorated Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale , and though Shi ' a Kurds and some tribal leaders turned Becoming towards the new Shi ' a Islamic State , Sunni Kurdish leftists continued the nationalist project in their enclave in Kurdistan Province .

The Nagorno-Karabakh War Hostile_encounter was an ethnic and territorial conflict Hostile_encounter that took place Process_start in the late 1980s to May 1994 , in the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh in southwestern Azerbaijan , between the majority ethnic Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh backed by Armenia , and the Republic of Azerbaijan .

The enclave 's parliament had voted Choosing in favor of uniting Collaboration itself with Armenia and a referendum , boycotted Agree_or_refuse_to_act by the Azerbaijani population of Nagorno-Karabakh , was held Defending , whereby most of the voters voted Choosing in favor of independence .

As Azerbaijan declared Expressing_publicly its independence from the Soviet Union and removed Removing the powers held Defending by the enclave 's government , the Armenian majority voted Choosing to secede Escaping from Azerbaijan and in the process proclaimed Statement the unrecognized Know Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh .

In early 1993 , Armenian forces captured Conquering regions outside the enclave itself , threatening the involvement of other countries in the region .

By the end Process_end of the war Hostile_encounter in 1994 , the Armenians were in full control Control of the enclave ( with the exception of the Shahumyan Region ) in addition to surrounding Surrounding areas of Azerbaijan proper , most notably the Lachin Corridor , a mountain pass that links Nagorno-Karabakh with mainland Armenia .

This has left Departing the Nagorno-Karabakh area in a state of legal Legality limbo , with the Republic of Artsakh remaining Presence de facto independent but internationally unrecognized Know while Armenian forces currently control Control approximately 9 % of Azerbaijan 's territory outside the enclave .

A series of Moorish defeats and reverses Escaping had left Causation Gibraltar as a Moorish-held enclave within Castilian territory .

The Kravica massacre was an attack on the Bosnian Serb village of Kravica by the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( ARBiH ) from the Srebrenica enclave on Orthodox Christmas Day , 7 January 1993 .

During the Bosnian War , the Srebrenica enclave was besieged Besieging by the Serb forces who rarely allowed Preventing_or_letting humanitarian aid to enter Arriving the area , creating hunger and lack of medicine among the Srebrenica inhabitants .

Following the Kosovo War in 1999 it became Becoming an enclave within Albanian-controlled territory .