The Nagorno-Karabakh rescue teams will search for the remains and the bodies of the victims of the 44-day war in the regions of Hadrut and Varanda, Karabakh authorities said Thursday, March 11.

Since November 13, the rescue teams have found the bodies and remains of 1496 people, including dozens of civilians, who had failed to leave their homes when their settlements went under Azerbaijan's control. Family members and parents of missing soldiers were participating in the process too.

Baku had indefinitely suspended the mission in the last two weeks of February in territories under its control, offering no particular explanation for the decision.