The air force of the Iranian Army unveiled an underground facility called “Oqab 44” (Eagle 44) on Tuesday, IRNA news agency reports. The unveiling ceremony was attended by Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Bagheri, Army Commander Major General Abrolrahim Mousavi, and a number of other senior Iranian Army commanders….
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared seven days of national mourning following a devastating earthquake that struck the country’s southeast, according to a decree released by his office on Monday. “A seven-day national mourning has been declared on February 6, 2023 following the earthquakes in our country. Our flags will fly at half-staff…
Today, the Ministry of Health announced that the number of earthquake victims has risen to 812 deaths and 1,449 injuries, in the governorates of Aleppo, Lattakia, Hama, Idlib countryside, SANA News agency reports.
The number of victims of the earthquake in Turkey has reached 1,541, Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay said. The country’s emergency department reported 9,733 injured. According to the agency, 2,824 buildings collapsed. In Syria, where the earthquake hit the northern part of the country, according to the latest data, more than 780 people were killed,…
Armenian Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan expressed his condolences to the relatives of the earthquake victims in Turkey. “Was saddened by terrible news of devastating earthquake in Turkey. My deepest condolences to families and friends of those who lost lives. Wishing speedy recovery to injured,” Simonyan tweeted.
The Ministry of Health of Syria informed that the number of victims in Latakia, Aleppo, Hama and Tartus as a result of the earthquake reached 403, and the number of injured reached 1284, SANA state news service reports. Al-Watan news agency reports that the sister of Syrian Prime Minister Hussein Arnous, Nasoub Arnous, also died…
More than 500 people were killed in two countries after one of the strongest earthquakes to hit Turkey in more than 100 years sent tremors across the region, collapsing buildings and sending residents running into the streets, CNN reports. The 7.8-magnitude quake struck just after 4 a.m. Monday morning local time, 23 kilometers (14.2 miles) east of Nurdagi,…
Belgrade expects to start importing Azerbaijani gas in 2024, announced Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Djedovic. “Serbia started actively participating in the Southern Gas Corridor project later, but we are working quickly to become part of that route. This will allow us to diversify our sources of gas supply and ensure their security,”…
The timeframe for a meeting of Foreign Ministers of Russia, Syria and Turkey has not been negotiated yet, but consultations on this issue continue, says Mikhail Bogdanov, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister and Special Presidential Representative for the Middle East and Africa. “We are working on the issue of holding a ministerial meeting; we held consultations…
A meeting was held on transporting green energy through the Black Sea to Europe, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó stated on his Facebook. According to the Hungarian Foreign Minister, the event aims to deliver Azerbaijan’s green energy through Georgia and Romania to Hungary and improve Hungarian energy security. “The large-scale plan…
On February 3, the deputies of the NA Civil Contract Faction Sargis Khandanyan, Maria Karapetyan, Arusyak Julhakyan and Sona Ghazaryan met with the Senior Adviser of the U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission) Michael Cecire. Highlighting the strengthening of democracy in Armenia, as well as the establishment of peace in the…
On February 2, 2023, Ambassador Makunts had a meeting with Dr. Paul Salem, President and CEO of the Middle East Institute. Ms. Kate Seelye, Senior Vice President, Dr. Iulia Joja, Frontier Europe Program Director, Dr. Mamuka Tsereteli, Senior Fellow from Eurasia, and Mr. Thomas Halvorsen, Executive Assistant to the President, also participated in the meeting….
American Armenians demonstrated in front of the Capitol building in Washington, expressing their protest against the blocking of the Lachin Corridor. US Congressman Frank Pallone also participated in the protest. He wrote about the campaign on his Twitter. “Demonstrators were at the Capitol today opposing Azerbaijan’s illegal and inhumane blockade of the Lachin Corridor. I…
The International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) Executive and Advisory Boards strongly condemns Azerbaijan’s blockade of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) and the ongoing aggression against the indigenous Armenian population of the region and warns of the risk of genocide against the Armenian population of that entity, Suren Manukyan, Head of Department of Comparative Genocide Studies at Armenian…
Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has sent a letter to Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo vehemently opposing the Commerce Department’s apparent plans to consider granting a license to permit the export of rifles – possibly including assault-style or sniper semiautomatic rifles – to Azerbaijan, reports the Armenian Assembly of…
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, received the Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Energy Resources of the State Department, Laura Lochman. “She will participate in the Ninth Southern Gas Corridor Ministerial. DAS Lochman leads the Energy Diplomacy team in the Bureau of Energy Resources at the Department of State, and will discuss U.S. support…
On February 1, Armenia’s Ambassador to Georgia Ashot Smbatyan had a meeting with Georgia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Teymuraz Janjalia. This is stated on the Facebook page of the Armenian Embassy to Georgia. “At the meeting, the parties exchanged ideas on cooperation between Armenia and Georgia with the European Union, as well as cooperation between Armenia…
Reacting to the recent attack on the country’s bases in Iraq, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said that Turkish forces are retaliating against the attacks, Mehr News Agency reports. The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) are retaliating in fold against the attacks in northern Iraq, Akar said Wednesday following a rocket attack on a Turkish base…
Ways of settling the situation around the Lachin corridor were the focus of a telephone conversation between Russian and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers, Sergey Lavrov and Jeyhun Bayramov, the Russian foreign ministry said on Tuesday, TASS reports. “On January 31, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held a telephone conversation with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov. The…
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a telephone conversation with the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister’s Press office reports. Prime Minister Pashinyan referred to the humanitarian crisis created in Nagorno-Karabakh as a result of Azerbaijan’s illegal blockade of the Lachin Corridor, highlighting the importance of the implementation of the necessary steps…
Since the beginning of December 2022, the EU has been closely following the developments along and around the Lachin Corridor and their humanitarian implications, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy /Vice-President Josep Borrell said in a written answer to the member of European Parliament Assita Kanko. “High Representative/Vice-President Borrell is in…
Congressman Adam Schiff referred to some anti-Armenian posters in USA. “It was shocking to see posters advocating genocide against Armenians. We must all condemn this bigotry in the strongest terms. Armenia and Artsakh face the real threat of war from Azerbaijan. The community needs support – not hate”, Schiff twitted. Earlier armenophobic posters…
The U.S. Treasury Department’s top sanctions official on a trip to Turkey and the Middle East next week will warn countries and businesses that they could lose access to G7 markets if they do business with entities subject to U.S. curbs as Washington cracks down on Russian attempts to evade sanctions imposed over its war…
In January, the representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross visited all Armenians detained in Azerbaijan. Zara Amatuni, head of communication programs of the ICRC delegation in Armenia, told 1lurer. To remind, during and after the 44-day war, 33 people are detained in Azerbaijan until now.
“We are deeply concerned by recent acts of violence and vandalism targeting Christian religious institutions in Jerusalem including Armenian Patriarchate and the Armenian residents of the Old City,” Armenia’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Vahan Hunanyan tweeted.
US Senator Dianne Feinstein issued a statement on the closure of Lachin corridor. “Azerbaijan must immediately end its blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan is responsible for ensuring supplies reach the people of this desperate region and it’s critical that Azerbaijan’s president open the Lachin corridor to avoid a worsening humanitarian situation. “There is no…
The German Embassy in Turkey has warned its citizens in the country about possible terrorist attacks after a series of Quran desecrations in Europe. Earlier, the US and French missions in Turkey issued similar warning. “According to the estimates of the representatives of the special services, after the incident of burning the Koran in front…
Foreign Minister of Iran Hossein Amir-Abdollahian held a telephone conversation with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Jeyhun Bayramov, about the armed attack on the Azeri Embassy in Tehran, Mehr News Agency reports. The Iranian foreign minister expressed his condolences and grief over the incident, which led to the death of…
A guard has been killed in an armed attack on Azerbaijan’s embassy in Iran’s capital Tehran, the country’s foreign ministry has said, Al Jazeera reports. “The attacker broke through the guard post, killing the head of security with a Kalashnikov assault rifle,” it said. Friday’s attack has also injured two people, the ministry added. An…
Syuzi Muradyan has talked to Enrique Mora, Deputy Secretary-General for Political Affairs of the European External Action Service about the Armenia-EU relations, the humanitarian crisis in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) and the decision to deploy an EU civilian mission to Armenia.
