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Has Russia Taken Kostiantynivka? Moscow Claims Victory, Kyiv Reports Continued Fighting

AZE.US Russia and Ukraine are offering sharply conflicting accounts of the situation in Kostiantynivka, a strategically important city in the Donetsk region. Moscow says its...

Armenia Does Not Want to Be Drawn Into Israel’s Dispute With Turkey

AZE.US Armenia has taken a deliberately cautious position following the Israeli government’s decision to recognize the Armenian genocide, seeking to avoid becoming part of the...

Analysis: Azerbaijan Faces Four Months of Strategic Waiting

AZE.US Azerbaijan is entering a four-month period of strategic waiting as uncertainty grows across several international disputes affecting the South Caucasus, according to Farhad Mammadov,...

U.S. and Iran Agree to Continue Talks, but No Breakthrough Yet

AZE.US The United States and Iran have completed another round of indirect negotiations in Doha and agreed to continue talks after the funeral of Iran’s...

Von der Leyen Visit Restored Azerbaijan’s Central Role in EU Projects

AZE.US European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s visit to Baku helped address many of Azerbaijan’s concerns over the European Union’s approach to the Middle...

Azerbaijan Seeks to Preserve Balance Between Turkey and Israel

AZE.US Growing tensions between Turkey and Israel are becoming part of a broader struggle for influence in the Middle East, while Azerbaijan is seeking to...

Azerbaijan Is Becoming a Key Hub of Eurasia

AZE.US Azerbaijan is no longer being viewed only as a South Caucasus country, but as one of the key geopolitical hubs of Eurasia, where the...

Kocharyan Turned The Genocide Issue Into A Political Tool

AZE.US The politicization of the Armenian Genocide issue was one of the mistakes of Armenia’s foreign policy and for years complicated normalization with Turkey, Armenian...

Israel’s Recognition Move Is A Signal To Turkey – Stepanian

AZE.US Israel’s government-level move on recognizing the Armenian Genocide is primarily a political signal to Turkey, Armenian political commentator David Stepanian said in an interview...

Syrian Lesson For The South Caucasus, According To Suleimanov

AZE.US In a new episode of “News From The Caucasus,” journalist and researcher Ruslan Suleimanov discussed Syria, Lebanon and the lessons the South Caucasus can...

EU Prepares Up To €2 Billion In Investments For South Caucasus

AZE.US European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in Baku that the European Union is ready to mobilize up to €2 billion in public...

Israel Should Not Force Azerbaijan To Choose Between Turkey And Israel – Mammadov

AZE.US Israel risks damaging its strategic partnership with Azerbaijan if it continues making political moves that place Baku in a difficult position between Ankara and...

Pashinyan Refuses To React To Israel’s Recognition Of Armenian Genocide

AZE.US Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said Yerevan does not consider it necessary to respond to the Israeli government’s decision to recognize the Armenian genocide...

Recognition as Leverage: Why Israel Is Reopening an Old Wound Now

By AZE.US Editorial Team Israel’s decision to support recognition of the 1915 events as genocide does not look like an act of historical memory. It...

Putin’s Fuel Trap: The War Has Reached Russia’s Gas Stations

By AZE.US Editorial Team Russia loves to call itself an energy superpower. Oil, gas, pipelines, tankers, global markets, grand maps on Kremlin walls. Then an ordinary driver...

Baku Expresses Concern Over Israel’s Decision On 1915 Events

AZE.US Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry has expressed serious concern over a decision by the Israeli government related to the so-called “Armenian genocide.” According to Report, the ministry...

Europe Will Have To Negotiate With Baku, Huseynov Says

AZE.US Europe’s growing interest in Azerbaijan is no longer just about diplomacy. It is about energy, transit and access to strategic resources from Central Asia,...

Azerbaijan No Longer a Field of Competition, but a Platform for Negotiations, Musabekov Says

AZE.US Azerbaijan has moved from being a field of competition between outside powers to becoming a platform where international actors come to negotiate, Azerbaijani MP...

Kazakhstan Shows How To Build Ties With EU Without Breaking With Russia

AZE.US Azerbaijani political analyst Ilgar Velizade, head of the South Caucasus Political Scientists Club, said Kazakhstan’s cooperation with the European Union shows that a country...

Recognition As A Lever: Why Israel Is Reopening An Old Wound Now

By AZE.US Editorial Team History rarely returns to international politics on its own. More often, it is brought back when it becomes useful. That is exactly...

Middle Corridor Does Not Come Together Without Azerbaijan, Mammadov Says

AZE.US Political analyst Farhad Mammadov said European institutions cannot ignore Azerbaijan’s role in the Middle Corridor, even if Brussels often underestimates that role in its...

Two Wars, One Message: The Old Rules No Longer Work

By AZE.US Editorial Team The war in Ukraine and the crisis around Iran may look like two separate stories. They involve different regions, different actors...

Azerbaijan Stood With Tehran in Difficult Days, Aliyev Says

AZE.US President Ilham Aliyev said Azerbaijan stood with Iran during its difficult days, as he received a delegation led by Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, speaker of...

Turkmenistan Could Move Trans-Caspian Projects From Words To Action, Huseynov Says

AZE.US Turkmenistan’s growing engagement with Azerbaijan could help move Trans-Caspian transport and energy projects from discussion to implementation, Azerbaijani political analyst Rizvan Huseynov said in...

Azerbaijan And Turkmenistan: When A Bilateral Visit Becomes Part Of Bigger Geopolitics

By AZE.US Editorial Team The visit of the president of Turkmenistan to Azerbaijan should not be seen as just another protocol event between two friendly...

Is Russia Losing Free Access To Crimea? Ukraine Targets Fuel, Ferries And Air Defense

By AZE.US Editorial Team Ukraine has intensified its campaign against Russian logistics around Crimea, raising a key question: is Moscow beginning to lose reliable access...

Opposition Demands Armenia Election Results Be Annulled

AZE.US Armenia’s post-election tensions are deepening as opposition forces move to challenge the results of the June 7 parliamentary vote in the Constitutional Court. The opposition...

Will Putin Use Nuclear Weapons Against Ukraine?

AZE.US Ukrainian strikes on targets near Moscow show that the war is increasingly no longer something Russians follow only on television, but something they can...

Moscow Is Burning: Putin Has Backed Himself Into a Corner

By AZE.US Editorial Team Moscow is burning, and not only in the literal sense. The smoke rising over the Russian capital is also smoke over the...

Hormuz, Oil and Israel: What Is Blocking a U.S.-Iran Deal

AZE.US The United States and Iran appear closer to a temporary deal aimed at stopping the war, reopening the Strait of Hormuz and bringing part...

Azerbaijan and Turkey Have Created New Realities Iran Must Reckon With, Analyst Says

AZE.US Azerbaijani political analyst Rizvan Huseynov says Azerbaijan and Turkey have reshaped the geopolitical balance in the South Caucasus and the wider Caspian region, creating...

Iran Is Seeking U.S. Deal Because It Faces Social Explosion – Namazov

AZE.US Political analyst Eldar Namazov says Iran is moving toward a possible deal with the United States not from a position of strength, but because...

Ukraine targets Crimea supply lines as fuel shortages hit Russian-held peninsula

AZE.US Fuel shortages have deepened in Russian-held Crimea after a new wave of Ukrainian drone strikes targeted supply routes, energy infrastructure and military logistics tied...

U.S.-Iran confrontation shifts back to talks after new strikes

AZE.US The confrontation between the United States and Iran entered a volatile new phase Thursday, with fresh military exchanges followed by claims of progress toward...

Can Armenia Really Walk Away From Its Historic Dependence on Russia?

By AZE.US Editorial Team Nikol Pashinyan’s election victory has revived a tempting headline: Armenia is leaving Russia and moving toward the West. That sounds clean. It...

US Launches New Strikes on Iran After Apache Incident Near Strait of Hormuz

The United States launched a new round of strikes against Iran on Tuesday after an American Apache helicopter went down near the Strait of Hormuz, raising fresh doubts about efforts to end the war.

Russia signals it will work with Armenia if Pashinyan wins

AZE.US Russia is ready to maintain constructive relations with Armenia if Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan wins the June 7 election, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. Peskov...

Putin Says Russian Forces Are Advancing Along Entire Front

AZE.US Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russian forces are advancing along the entire front line in Ukraine, while also presenting Moscow as ready for a...

U.S., Iran Trade New Strikes As Talks Stall And Gulf Tensions Rise

Iran and the United States exchanged new military actions around the Gulf, with Tehran claiming attacks on U.S. targets and Washington saying it struck an Iranian military site on Qeshm Island. The escalation comes as efforts to halt the war remain stuck.

Iran Says It Is Ready For “Dignified” Framework, But U.S. Deal Remains Unfinished

AZE.US Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has said Tehran is ready for a “dignified framework” to end the war and reduce regional tensions, but a proposed...

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