"I heard a loud explosion, the oxygen masks fell down and the plane shook," Rinat Assanov told AFP, recalling the moment the Azerbaijan Airlines plane he was on ran into trouble over southern Russia.

Azerbaijan has shown its ambitions extend to sovereign territory in Armenia: the seizure of the so-called Zangezur corridor in southern Armenia, in the region of Syunik.

Erdogan could order Islamist militias to deploy along the Israeli border with Syria, creating a highly combustible reality

Diplomatic relations between Iran and Azerbaijan have not always been steady and straight. These relations have been affected from time to time for several reasons, such as Iran’s support for Armenia - which is one of the key factors.

“Yerevan has intelligence that Armenian prisoners held in Baku are given banned psychotropic substances in order to provoke statements that will lead to escalation of tension in the region.” Nikol Pashinyan said this in an interview with Public TV.

Held at the Weightlifting Center in Shuvalan, the openning ceremony commenced with the playing of the National Anthem of Azerbaijan, followed by a moment of silence dedicated to the martyrs who gave their lives for Azerbaijan's territorial integrity, as reported by Idman.biz.

BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 25. Within the visit to Türkiye, Deputy Minister of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan and Commander of the Land Forces, Colonel General Hikmat Mirzayev met with Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Türkiye, Army General Metin Gurak, Trend reports via the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry.

Azerbaijan has refused to renew its cooperation agreement with The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov said on Thursday, accusing Washington of using USAID to pursue its political agenda.

Several pilot projects aim to advance Azerbaijan’s green energy transition and serve as scalable models that other countries can also learn from.

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An aide to the Iranian foreign minister and the Republic of Azerbaijan’s ambassador to Tehran weighed plans to promote cooperation between the two neighbors and reconvene the joint economic commission after a three-year hiatus.

Elnur Enveroglu Read more Iran-Azerbaijan relations are based on historical roots and are of strategic importance for the South Caucasus. In turn,