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Russia Is Moving Onto The Offensive In The South Caucasus, Aliyev Says

AZE.US Azerbaijani journalist Arif Aliyev said Russia has moved to a more open and aggressive phase of pressure on Armenia, arguing that recent remarks by...

Azerbaijanis Grow Roses In Ecuador But Cannot Profit From It At Home, Jafarli Says

AZE.US REAL party chairman Natig Jafarli has questioned why Azerbaijanis who are reportedly able to build a flower business in Ecuador cannot do the same...

Azerbaijani Lawmakers Criticized For Focusing On Symbolic Issues Instead Of Public Concerns

AZE.US A sharp on-air rebuke of Azerbaijani lawmakers has triggered broader discussion over whether parliament is losing touch with the country’s real problems after MP...

Putin-Pashinyan Meeting Was a Performance by Old Allies, Zulfugarov Says

AZE.US Former Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Tofig Zulfugarov has dismissed the latest meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan as political...

Ilham Aliyev Responds To Iranian President’s Thanks

AZE.US Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has responded to words of gratitude expressed by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian over Azerbaijan’s support for Iran. The statement published on...

Pashinyan-Putin Meeting Exposed New Risks For Azerbaijan, Mammadov Says

AZE.US Azerbaijani political commentator Ilgar Mammadov said the recent meeting between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed potential new risks...

Russia Is Hitting Armenia And Azerbaijan At The Same Time, Namazov Says

AZE.US Azerbaijani political analyst Eldar Namazov said Russia is effectively putting pressure on both Armenia and Azerbaijan at the same time, arguing that Moscow is...

After The Military Phase, Iran May Enter A Deep Internal Crisis

AZE.US Azerbaijani political analyst Eldar Namazov said the war around Iran could move into a far more dangerous stage after the military phase ends, with...

Pezeshkian Called Aliyev and Thanked Him for Aid to Iran

AZE.US Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian called Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on April 2 and thanked him for Azerbaijan’s humanitarian assistance to Iran. According to Report, citing...

Turkey Does Not Want Iran To Break Apart, But Sees Its Weakening As Beneficial

AZE.US Turkey is not seeking the disintegration of Iran, but it does view Iran’s weakening as a favorable outcome, political analyst Rizvan Huseynov said in...

Pashinyan Heads Into Elections Amid Harsh Internal Confrontation

AZE.US Armenia is heading toward its June 7, 2026 parliamentary election in an atmosphere of sharp internal confrontation, with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan entering the...

US May Have Lost $5 Billion In Military Hardware In One Month Of War - Anadolu

AZE.US The United States may have lost military hardware worth nearly $5 billion during the first month of the war with Iran, according to an...

Officials Do Not Understand How People Live On 300-500 Manats A Month, Agazade Says

AZE.US A new public row over wages and inequality has erupted in Azerbaijan after controversial remarks by MP Seyyad Aran triggered criticism and demands for...

Trump Moves Toward The Final Phase Of The Iran War

AZE.US A month into the war with Iran, the central illusion has collapsed: this was never going to end with a quick, clean declaration of...

108 Years Since the Genocide of Azerbaijanis

AZE.US Azerbaijan on March 31 marks 108 years since the mass killings of Azerbaijanis in 1918, events that are officially recognized in the country as...

Baku Discusses Escalation With Tehran, Condemns Missile Launch Toward Turkey

AZE.US Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov spoke by phone on March 30 with Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi as the regional situation continued to...

War With Iran Has Weakened Israel’s Security, Guseynov Says

AZE.US The military campaign against Iran has not made Israel safer and has instead deepened the region’s instability, political analyst Rizvan Guseynov said in comments...

Iran War Widens as Houthis Open New Front and Pakistan Pushes Diplomacy

AZE.US The war around Iran widened further on March 29, as military escalation, oil market panic and last-minute diplomacy all intensified at once. Reporting from...

Azerbaijan Wishes Iran A Swift Return To Peace And Stability

AZE.US Azerbaijan has expressed hope for a quick return of peace and stability in Iran after an exchange of public messages between the two countries’...

At Least 22 Killed, More Than 5,000 Wounded In Israel Since Start Of Iran War

AZE.US At least 22 people have been killed and more than 5,000 wounded in Israel since the war with Iran began on Feb. 28, according...

Washington Is Beginning To Reassemble A New South Caucasus Architecture, Mammadov Says

AZE.US Washington is beginning to look at the South Caucasus as part of a larger regional design rather than as a set of isolated bilateral...

Russians Return To Washington: State Duma Lawmakers Arrive As Ukraine Bargaining Intensifies

AZE.US A delegation of Russian State Duma lawmakers has arrived in Washington for the first such visit in years, opening a new and politically sensitive...

Trump Raises The Pressure, Iran Pushes Back, And Hormuz Stays On Edge

AZE.US The crisis around Iran can no longer be described with the old, familiar phrase that “tensions remain high.” That language now feels too soft...

Money Comes In, People Leave: Transfers From the U.S. to Azerbaijan Jump 55%

AZE.US Personal money transfers from the United States to Azerbaijan reached $100.7 million in 2025, marking a 55% increase year-on-year, according to official data. At first...

U.S. and Iran Fail to Reach Deal as Talks Stall

AZE.US Negotiations between the United States and Iran have stalled, with both sides signaling continued contacts but remaining far apart on substance, according to the...

In Azerbaijan, First Major Battery Energy Storage Center Opens

AZE.US Azerbaijan has launched its first major battery energy storage center, marking a significant step in the country’s efforts to modernize its power system and...

Aliyev Attends Opening Of Shirvan Agro Livestock Complex In Shamakhi

AZE.US President Ilham Aliyev on March 23 attended the opening of the Shirvan Agro livestock complex in Azerbaijan’s Shamakhi district. The new facility is designed for...

Azerbaijan Urged To Be Ready For Any Scenario Amid Rising Tensions Around Iran

AZE.US As tensions around Iran continue to fuel concern across the region, Azerbaijani analyst Natig Jafarli says Baku should remain ready for any scenario, warning...

South Azerbaijan Independence Could Trigger Regional Chaos, Analyst Says

AZE.US Azerbaijani journalist and analyst Elchin Alioglu said on the YouTube channel of Prime TV Azerbaijan that the idea of South Azerbaijan’s independence, while understandable...

US, Iran And Israel Enter New Phase Of Escalation: What Is Happening Now

AZE.US Tensions involving the United States, Iran and Israel have entered a more dangerous phase over the past several hours, with both military and energy...

U.S. Weighs Kharg Island Option as Iran Crisis Deepens Around Hormuz

AZE.US The Trump administration is considering one of its most aggressive options yet in the confrontation with Iran: a possible operation aimed at Iran’s Kharg...

Armenian Goods May Enter Baku’s Market. Will Consumers Buy Them?

AZE.US Talk of Armenian goods reaching Azerbaijani store shelves has triggered a sensitive public debate in Baku, exposing a split between pragmatic consumers and those...

After Larijani, Iran’s Room For Maneuver Is Narrowing

AZE.US The killing of Ali Larijani, Iran’s Supreme National Security Council secretary and one of the country’s most important power brokers, has sharply narrowed Tehran’s...

Azerbaijan Sends New Aid Shipment To Iran Ahead Of Nowruz

AZE.US Azerbaijan has sent another batch of humanitarian aid to Iran, dispatching 82 tons of food products, medicines and medical supplies in what appears to...

TRIPP Has Become A Hostage To The War In The Middle East

AZE.US The war in the Middle East is no longer just a distant military crisis for the South Caucasus. It is beginning to cast a...

Man Accused Of Blackmailing President’s Family Detained In Azerbaijan

AZE.US Azerbaijan’s State Security Service said it had detained a suspect accused of attempting to blackmail the president’s family using fabricated intimate materials falsely presented...

Ukraine Moves Beyond Its Own War

AZE.US Ukraine is no longer operating within the boundaries of a regional conflict. A recent statement from an Iranian lawmaker - suggesting that Ukraine could be...

Iran’s Wartime Unity Masks Deep Internal Strains, Former Azerbaijani Envoy Says

AZE.US Iran’s apparent wartime cohesion is masking deeper structural tensions that could resurface once the conflict subsides, according to former Azerbaijani ambassador to Iran Javanshir...

Trump Reports First Results Of War With Iran

AZE.US U.S. President Donald Trump said American forces have struck more than 7,000 targets in Iran since the start of the conflict, describing the campaign...

Drones Over Baku: What Happened in the Night Sky Above the Capital

AZE.US Residents of several districts of Baku reported hearing the sound of drones in the sky late at night, prompting discussion and concern on social...

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