Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, conflict escalated into a full-scale war between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Following Napoleon Bonaparte's victories over the Austrian Empire in Northern Italy – helping to secure France victory in the War of the First Coalition in 1797 – Great Britain remained the only major European power still at war with the French Republic.

Following the war, Italy occupied Ethiopia for five years ( 1936 – 41 ), before eventually being driven out during World War II by British Empire and Ethiopian patriot forces.

Following several years more of war, the IISS reported only four aircraft in 2012: one Mil Mi-24 attack helicopter, and three SA330L Puma transports ( marked as potentially unserviceable ).

Following the defeat of the Independent State of Croatia at the end of the war, a large number of Ustaše, and civilians supporting them ( ranging from sympathisers, young conscripts, anti-communists, and ordinary serfs who were allegedly motivated by Partisan crimes ) attempted to flee in the direction of Austria hoping to surrender to British forces and to be given refuge.

Following the defeat of Japan in 1945, the war between the KMT and the CPC resumed, after failed attempts at reconciliation and a negotiated settlement.

Following the end of the war in Europe in May 1945, Attlee and Churchill wanted the coalition government to last until Japan had been defeated.

Following the war, Japanese conservatives briefly returned to politics but were largely purged from public office.

Following the war, the United States encouraged peace talks between Chiang and Communist leader Mao Zedong in Chongqing.

Following World War II, the major European powers divested themselves of their colonies at an increasing rate: the number of ex-colonial states jumped from about 30 to almost 120 after the war.

Following the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 all federal programs were revised to emphasize the war effort.

Following the end of the war, AFES personnel were implicated in many human rights abuses, including the November 1989 murder of Jesuit priests and others.

Following the October 2001 American invasion and the Bonn Agreement the new government under the leadership of Hamid Karzai started to re-establish diplomatic relationships with many countries who had held close diplomatic relations before the communist coup d ' état and the subsequent civil war.

Following the war, many former German soldiers joined the Foreign Legion to pursue a military career with an elite unit, an option that was no longer possible in Germany.

Following the 1998-99 civil war, presidential and legislative elections were again held, bringing opposition leader Kumba Ialá and his Party for Social Renewal to power.

Following the war, the company revitalized its fur-trade and real-estate activities ; and diversified its operations by venturing into the oil business.

Following a period of growing political instability in the early 20th century, in 1936 Spain was plunged into a bloody civil war.

Following the eventual weakening of the Ottoman Empire in the Balkans, Serbia, Greece and Bulgaria declared war and sought to aggrandize their respective boundaries on the remaining territories of the Empire.

Following the invasion, the situation deteriorated to the extent that in 2006-2007, Iraq was on the brink of civil war.

Following the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the economy to a great extent shut down ; attempts are underway to revive it from the damages of war and rampant crime.

Following the war, von Braun and other leading German scientists were relocated to the United States to work directly for the U. S. Army through Operation Paperclip, developing the IRBMs, ICBMs, and launchers.

Following the war, the Dutch fought Indonesian independence forces after Japan surrendered to the Allies in 1945.

Following his release at the end of the war he became an actor, set designer and director.

Following the war, Yugoslavia acquired the Italian territory of Istria as well as the cities of Zadar and Rijeka.

Following their defeat in the Jordanian civil war, thousands of Palestinian militiamen regrouped in Lebanon, led by Yasser Arafat's Palestine Liberation Organization, with the intention of replicating the modus operandi of attacking Israel from a politically and militarily weak neighbour.

Following the French defeat in the Napoleonic Wars, the vase was presented unfinished to the Prince Regent in 1815 by Ferdinand, Grand Duke of Tuscany, via the British ambassador, Lord Burghersh.

Following his silver " Night came Day ," and then the " Inventions " vase, which placed him at once at the top of his profession.

Following a series of currency devaluations, the crown has remained stable in relation to the U. S. dollar.

Following the promulgation of 1956 Constitution, Prime minister Bogra appointed Bengali bureaucrat and retired Major-General Iskander Mirza was as Interior minister and the Army Commander of army General Ayub Khan as the Defence minister whilst Muhammad Ali remained Economic minister.

Following the Finnish Civil War and October revolution, Russians were virtually equated with Communists and due to official hostility to Communism, Finno-Soviet relations in the period between the world wars remained tense.

Following his resignation as Prime Minister, Major briefly became Leader of the Opposition, and Shadow Foreign Secretary ( as Sir Malcolm Rifkind, who was Foreign Secretary prior to the election, had lost his seat ), and remained in this post until the election of William Hague as leader of the Conservative Party in June 1997.

Following the conference, about 1, 000 members of the KPRP, including Son Ngoc Minh, made a " Long March " into North Vietnam, where they remained in exile.

Following his years at Yale, he moved to UCLA, where he remained until 1946.

Following Labour's 1979 general election defeat by Margaret Thatcher, James Callaghan remained party leader for the next 18 months before he resigned and Foot was elected Labour leader on 4 November 1980, beating Denis Healey in the second round of the leadership election ( the last leadership contest to involve only Labour MPs ).

Following the defeat in 612 BC, the site remained largely unoccupied for centuries with only a scattering of Assyrians living amid the ruins until the Sassanian period, although Assyrians continue to live in the surrounding area to this day.

Following the passage of the Papua Act, 1905, British New Guinea became the Territory of Papua, and formal Australian administration began in 1906, although Papua remained de jure a British possession until the independence of Papua New Guinea in 1975.

Following his beatification, his sarcophagus was placed under the Altar of St. Sebastian in the basilica's Chapel of St. Sebastian, where it remained until 8 April 2011 when it was moved to make way for the remains of Blessed Pope John Paul II ( 1978 – 2005 ) to be relocated to the basilica from the grotto beneath St. Peter's in honor of his beatification and in order to make his resting place more accessible to the public.

* Following his surrender to Captain Frederick Maitland of off Rochefort in 1815, Napoleon was taken to Plymouth Sound where he remained on board, 26 July – 4 August, while his future was decided.

Following Stalin's decision to deport the entire Chechen population on February 23, 1944, Khasbulatov was moved, along with his mother, to the Kazakh SSR ; his father, mortally ill, remained behind in hospitalization and soon died.

Following Plato, St. Augustine, for example, held the view that language was merely labels applied to already existing concepts, and this view remained prevalent throughout the Middle Ages.

Following the Korean War South Korea remained one of the poorest countries in the world for over a decade.

Following an unsuccessful attempt to save Gate 2 ( the only portion of the original Yankee Stadium that mostly remained unaltered after the venue's renovation ), demolition of the outer walls of the stadium began on March 29.

Following the abandonment of this initiative, the scaffolding that had been erected around the south tower remained, rusting away ( until it was removed in the summer of 2007 ).

Following this, the Continental Congress authorised trade with Bermuda ( although this trade remained illegal in Bermuda ).

Following the demobilisation at the end of the war he was the most senior ( former ) member of the Palmach that remained in the IDF.

Following the administration in 2002, the three multiplexes that were run by ITV Digital remained blank until a week or so before Freeview's launch.

Following the disbanding of the Independent Air Force in November 1918, he remained on the continent for two months as a staff officer with the Royal Air Force until posted back to Britain.

Following the 1964 mutiny, the government remained fearful of internal opposition.

Following amendment to the Kansas Constitution in 1986, the county remained a prohibition, or " dry ", county until 1998, when voters approved the sale of alcoholic liquor by the individual drink without a food sales requirement.

Following World War II, some composers, such as Roman Palester and Andrzej Panufnik, fled the country and remained in exile.

Following the wars of 1948, 1956, 1967 and 1973, the functions of the observers changed in the light of changing circumstances, but they remained in the area, acting as go-betweens for the hostile parties and as the means by which isolated incidents could be contained and prevented from escalating into major conflicts.