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The feeling is certainly mutual. Azerbaijanis see Jews, and by extension Israelis, as friends who share a common fight against radical powers in the region.

Foreign countries and international organizations continuously declare their readiness to provide humanitarian assistance to the Armenians from Karabakh arriving in Armenia in the near future.

Following the operation in Karabakh and the resulting ceasefire, Israelis like Ayoob Kara and Mordecai Kedar joined peace efforts.

It is undeniable that Azerbaijanis have been severely affected by assassinations and killings, all because they were Azerbaijanis. Let’s delve into this lesser-known period of history that will help us better understand the current situation.

Azerbaijan’s success in its ‘anti-terrorist operation’ in the Armenian-controlled area of Karabakh is another sign Russia’s Eurasian sphere of influence is in retreat.

In a significant diplomatic move, Hikmat Hajiyev, Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan, held a press conference in Brussels this week.

The US "diplomatic landing party" comprised of USAID chief Samantha Power and Acting Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Yuri Kim, dispatched to Armenia, has already produced first results.

Against the backdrop of events in Karabakh and the beginning of the reintegration process, many observers are questioning the fate of Russian peacekeepers and whether their stay in the Karabakh Economic Region will be extended.

Yesterday, September 25, an explosion hit a petrol station near the town of Khankendi. Many deaths and injuries were reported as a result of the incident.

Azerbaijan continues to implement its social and humanitarian program in Karabakh. The Ministry of Emergency Situations of Azerbaijan has sent two 20-ton trucks with food and two more trucks with bread to Khankendi.

There is nothing surprising about pro-Armenian US Senator Bob Menendez resigning as chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee because of the corruption charges brought against him by US prosecutors.

Despite a shroud of secrecy, Israel and Azerbaijan share robust relations; Home to 30,000 Jews, the Shia Muslim-majority country’s strong ties with the Jewish state forge on.

The UN Security Council meeting that took place the day before at the request of Paris and Yerevan ended in the expected fiasco of the Armenian-French adventure.

The emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, convened by France at Armenia's request, ended with no document adopted.

Since the closure of the Lachin road by Azerbaijan in response to an armed accident on 15 June this year, tensions around the Armenian-populated area in Karabakh currently controlled by the Russian peacekeeping forces, have been brimming.

Last week, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken declared the end of the world order that emerged as a result of the Cold War. He expressed this opinion while delivering a lecture at Johns Hopkins University. "What we are experiencing now is more than a test of the durability of the world order formed after the Cold War. It is the end of it," the US diplomatic chief said.

The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan has been a major challenge for security and posed obstacles for regional economic and political integration in the South Caucasus.

Russia’s war against Ukraine has wrought major upheaval across Eurasia, forcing countries to search for new partners as they seek security and stability.

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on "Nagorno-Karabakh", as expected, was marked by a series of at least dubious statements by Ms. Yuri Kim, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasian Affairs at the US Department of State.

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has arrived in Dushanbe to attend the meeting of heads of Central Asian states in the capital of Tajikistan as a guest of honor.

While trade with neighboring Azerbaijan might improve the lot of Armenians, it would remove their leaders’ raison d’être.

The future of Armenian-Azerbaijani relations is dangerously uncertain at the moment.

A spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova announced that Russia expressed a diplomatic demarche to Azerbaijan due to the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry’s statement about elections in "new Russian regions".

With a UN mandate, the OSCE Minsk Group has engaged in negotiations with Armenia and Azerbaijan for 30 years with the aim of settling the conflict while considering the Armenian community in Karabakh.