An Iranian court on Monday sentenced an activist to six years in prison for propaganda against the Syrian regime and membership to an opposition front, Anadolu reports. Ali Azizi,...
A Russian soldier died after a mine planted by Armenian soldiers exploded in Nagorno-Karabakh, according to the country's Defence Ministry, Anadolu Agency reports. In a statement, the ministry said...
Turkey and Azerbaijan signed an official deal to secure Nakhchivan's natural gas supply, Anadolu Agency reports. The new 85-kilometre-long gas pipeline will run from Igdir in Turkey's eastern Anatolia...
Armenian forces in Nagorno-Karabakh violated cease-fire and martyred four Azerbaijani soldiers last week, Azerbaijani officials said on Sunday, Anadolu Agency reported. Some Armenian soldiers remained in the forest area of Hocavend...
Iran's Foreign Ministry summoned Turkey's ambassador on Friday over remarks by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan during a visit to Azerbaijan, which Tehran said amounted to meddling in its affairs....
The Turkish president on Saturday termed a French parliament resolution on Upper Karabakh a "complete disaster." "The decision taken the previous day in the parliament of France, the co-chair...
Residents of Aghdam, which was occupied by Armenia for 27 years, said Saturday it was turned into a ruined city, Anadolu reports. In Aghdam, where the Armenian army withdrew...
Ethnic Armenian have set fire to their homes in the Kalbajar district in Azerbaijan ahead of their planned withdrawal from the region following a ceasefire agreement signed under Russia...
Russian President Vladimir Putin said conflicts in Libya, Yemen and Syria constitute hotbeds to spread terrorism into the Middle East and North Africa. Speaking at the annual Shanghai Cooperation...
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call that the Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement was the right step towards a lasting solution, the Turkish presidency...
The Azerbaijani city of Shusha has been liberated from the occupation of Armenian forces, the country's leader announced on Sunday, Anadolu reports. "After 28 years, the adhan [call to...
Russia is considering an Iranian proposal for ending the conflict between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces in the mountain enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh after three ceasefires failed to halt fighting...
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has deployed military units in the northwestern border area near Azerbaijan and Armenia as tensions rise in the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, the official...
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's separate discussions at the State Department with his counterparts from Armenia and Azerbaijan on Friday failed to produce an agreement to halt the ongoing...
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October 21, 2020 |
Motasem A Dalloul As the war gets fiercer between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh, the mountainous region of just 150,000 people in the South Caucasus, Armenia has lost control of territories it...
Defence Minister Hulusi Akar has said that Turkey will continue to stand by the people of Azerbaijan in their "righteous cause" and struggle to free their "occupied land" of...
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Tuesday calls for a ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh are reasonable but must include an Armenian withdrawal from Azeri lands, and he floated holding...
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Tuesday he believed that only a change in Turkey's stance on Nagorno-Karabakh could prompt Azerbaijan to halt military action over the tiny...
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October 8, 2020 |
Marwan Kabalan While most attention is focused on the positions of Russia and Turkey in the ongoing conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, Iran receives less attention. The former are the direct...
Turkey has been keeping at least two F-16 fighter jets in Azerbaijan over the past few months to act as a deterrent against attacks by Armenian forces. According to...
Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad accused Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan of being the main instigator in the deadliest fighting between Armenian and Azeri forces for more than 25 years. In...
A senior Azeri official on Sunday denied reports that Syrian fighters had been fighting alongside Azerbaijan's forces in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. In an interview with RT, assistant of the President...
Turkey rejected "superficial" demands for a ceasefire on Saturday in the South Caucasus, where it backs Azerbaijan, after a week of fierce fighting with ethnic Armenian forces in the...
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan held a third phone call in six days since fighting broke out between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenians over the...
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October 1, 2020 |
Turan Kislakci This is a time of great change in the world. In the midst of this, Turkey has redefined itself; the new Turkey is very different to what it was...
A Syrian fighting in Azerbaijan's disputed Nagorno-Karabkh region has spoken to BBC Arabic and claims he, along with others, were deceived when being recruited by the Turkish-backed "Syrian National Army", formerly...
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September 30, 2020 |
Majed Al-Ansari Between the Black and Mediterranean seas, the fuse for several crises has ignited. Its characters are a complex network of allies and opponents. These crises seem to have only...
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US Turkey is ready to provide military support to Azerbaijan in its war with Armenia over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh enclave, Ankara's foreign minister announced yesterday. "Turkey stands with Azerbaijan, whether...
Armenia has been transporting hundreds of militants from the Kurdish terror group the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and what Turkey believes is the group's Syrian branch, the Peoples' Protection...
Turkey had not sent fighters from Syria to Azerbaijan after the country declared that it was in a state of war with neighbouring Armenia, an aide to Azerbaijan's President,...
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday Armenia must immediately withdraw from the territory he said it was occupying in Azerbaijan, and it was time to end a crisis...
Turkey is sending Syrian rebel fighters to support Azerbaijan in its escalating conflict with neighbouring Armenia, two Syrian rebels have said, as Ankara pledges to step up backing for...