|
REPLY TO THREAD
|
|
Subject
|
Tangle in the Caucasus: Iran and Israel Fight for Influence in Azerbaijan, UPD Armenia: 1 Soldier Killed, Presidential Candidate Shot
|
|
User Name
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Font color:
Font:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Original Message
|
Found this an interesting read and thought i'd share. Talks about the struggle for influence and the alliances formed in Azerbaijan and the delicate South Caucasus region. The standoff between Iran and the West has moved into the Caucasus, where both the Islamic Republic and Israel are trying to woo Azerbaijan -- a country with firm historical connections to Iran but whose interests have overlapped with those of Israel. The dynamic is upsetting the regional balance of power and threatening to overturn nearly two decades of uneasy peace.Read more: [ link to www.foreignaffairs.com]
UPDATE 02/16/2013
Armenian presidential candidate, chairman of National Self-Determination Union Paruyr Hayrikyan was shot and wounded by unknown gunmen in Yerevan, plans to appeal to Armenia's Constitutional Court with a request to postpone the vote by two weeks.
[link to www.panorama.am]
[link to en.rian.ru]
Armenian serviceman killed and another one injured on Armenian-Azerbaijani border, both violated ceasefire countless of times, have no idea who started it though
[link to www.panorama.am]
[link to www.panorama.am]
[link to news.am]
[link to www.news.az]
Armenia's Defense Ministry: Armenian side restraints Azerbaijani deliberate intentions, Governor of Aygepar: Azerbaijani snipers' games endanger human lives
[link to armenpress.am]
[link to armenpress.am]
Azerbaijan purchases long-range missiles from Turkey, Hikes Military Spending to $3.7 Billion
[link to www.news.az]
[link to asbarez.com]
Azeri writer Akram Aylisli hounded for 'pro-Armenian' book. His books have been publicly burnt. He has been stripped of his national literary awards. And a high-ranking Azeri politician has offered $13,000 (£8,400) as a bounty for anyone who will cut off his ear.
[link to www.bbc.co.uk]
Iran’s ambassador to Azerbaijan: Turkey is engaged in spreading pan-Turkism ideology. In the relations with Asian countries, this country behaves like an elder brother. But there is a difference of faiths between the Turkish and Azerbaijani people. Turks are Sunni, while Azerbaijanis Shiites. Those who are spreading this ideology are also functioning in Azerbaijan and sometimes their promotion puts into question the territorial integrity of other countries.
[link to en.apa.az]
Iran Denies Interest In "Return" of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan
[link to www.eurasianet.org]
Armenian FM: Azerbaijan breaks commitments by politicizing Stepanakert airport matter, Turkish FM official: All flights of Armenian planes over Azerbaijan’s occupied lands are illegal
[link to armenianow.com]
[link to ann.az]
Analysis: Another Regional War in the Wings
In the conflict zone stretching from Syria to Afghanistan lies another war waiting to re-emerge: Nagorno-Karabakh. This dispute is likely to occupy President Obama’s new foreign-policy team whether they want it or not.
[link to stratrisks.com]
|
|
Pictures (click to insert)
|
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | | | Next Page >> |
|
