Syria

Azerbaijan reopens embassy in Syria after 13-year closure

Azerbaijan

February 18, 2025

According to Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry, the embassy’s chargé d’affaires has already been deployed to Damascus and has begun work.

Georgian opposition urges new Syrian government to revoke Abkhazia recognition

Georgia

January 31, 2025

Syria, then led by Bashar al-Assad, recognized the independence of the occupied Georgian territories in May 2018.

Opinion from Baku: Middle East drifts closer to South Caucasus

Azerbaijan

January 23, 2025

An Azerbaijani analyst notes that over the past three decades, the South Caucasus has deepened its ties with Eastern Europe, the post-Soviet space, the Middle East, and Central Asia.

Assad's fall and new Middle East era: perspective from Baku

Azerbaijan

December 09, 2024

How will the change of power in Syria shape the country’s future, impact the geopolitical situation in the Middle East, and influence the regulation of the new balance of power in the region?

Opinion: Russia loses Syria and may take tougher stance in South Caucasus

Armenia

December 09, 2024

Political analyst Robert Gevondyan's comment on events in Syria and their potential impact on the South Caucasus.

"New status quo emerges in Syria": View from Baku

Azerbaijan

December 03, 2024

Azerbaijani analysts discuss the situation in Syria, as major neighboring powers—Russia, Iran, and Turkey—are deeply involved.

TI's Corruption Perception Index 2019: Georgia holds strong, Armenia soars

January 27, 2020

Transparency International says Georgia is the leader in the fight against corruption in the region, while Armenia is ahead of China and things are better in Azerbaijan than in Russia

Earthquake in Turkey: at least 31 dead

January 24, 2020

Tremors have been registered in Syria, Iraq and Israel

“This is why there are Russian mercenaries in Syria.” 'Putin’s chef' gets oil deal in recaptured territories

January 22, 2020

Syria gave the rights to oil and gas fields to Russian firms associated with a businessman close to the Russian president

Access to Wikipedia restored in Turkey after 2-year block

December 28, 2019

The reason for the ban on Wikipedia were statements in several articles that the Turkish government considered offensive

Kurds enter alliance with Russia, Syrian President Assad – US to blame?

October 14, 2019

Trump's sudden decision to withdraw troops from Syria intensified Turkey's military operation and attack on the Kurds. All the details: what is happening in Syria and why America is being called a traitor

Armenia condemns Turkey’s military invasion of Syria

October 11, 2019

The diplomatic mission in Syria is prepared to organize an urgent evacuation of compatriots from settlements under fire

Armenia sends another humanitarian aid shipment to Syria

August 13, 2019

The country's authorities emphasise that in Syria, Armenia is limited exclusively to humanitarian activities

The five main events in Abkhazia of 2018

Abkhazia

December 26, 2018

The biggest loss, crisis, and resignation of the year

Alarm bells ring for Pankisi gorge - the echo of the Syrian war reaches Georgia

Georgia

November 12, 2018

A reportage from Georgia’s Pankisi Gorge about a local family ’s grief over the loss of a teenage son killed during a police raid

Another batch of Armenian humanitarian aid sent to Syria

February 15, 2017

18 tons of foodstuffs and essentials were transported by cargo aircraft

Chechen troops trained to fight in Syria

January 13, 2017

Novaya Gazeta publishing evidence