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There is a widespread belief in Baku that the attack may have been connected to Azerbaijan’s growing relationship with Israel.

Dependent on outside aid and braced for renewed clashes with Azerbaijan, there are fears Karabakh Armenians might soon be forced out of the breakaway region for good.

Two new wells are being drilled into "deep" gas reservoirs, as Azerbaijan seeks more gas to send to Europe.

The embassy's chief of security was shot dead, and two other staff were wounded. The attack comes amid Azerbaijan's increasingly strained relations with Iran and blossoming friendship with Iran's archrival Israel.

Azerbaijan has ambitious plans to produce renewable power and green hydrogen for export to Europe – but where will the funding come from?

The law is a toned-down version of the original bill, but it is already having a stifling effect on the opposition.

A statement by the Foreign Ministry alluded to a potential confrontation with Russian peacekeepers in Karabakh and Russian border guards in Armenia.

Kyiv has long taken a pro-Azerbaijan position vis-a-vis the conflict with Armenia. Now officials say that Armenia and Russia are using the blockade to try to steal attention from Ukraine.

Armenia sees the new EU mission as a force for peace and security, but there is no buy-in from Azerbaijan or Russia.

The hardest thing to change may be patriarchal stereotypes.

Azerbaijan's blockade of the Lachin Corridor comes as it accuses Armenia of dragging its feet over the fate of another critical route, the would-be Zangezur Corridor.

Statistics show Georgia’s South Caucasus neighbors among its top trading partners. But how diverse is this trade?

Germany is deporting Azerbaijanis in large numbers, and the politically active ones are being imprisoned after they get home.

Armenia says the plan amounts to a territorial claim, while domestic critics say it is meant as a nationalist distraction to the country’s real problems.

Is Ruben Vardanyan the savior of a nation, a Russian agent, or a billionaire with delusions of grandeur who is now in over his head?

As the blockade continues into its second month, local authorities have begun issuing food coupons and announced rolling blackouts. A brief internet outage contributed to anxieties among the besieged population.

They are supporting Tofig Yagublu, already in frail health from previous stints in prison, who has vowed to go hungry “till the end."

In his first remarks about the monthlong blockade, Aliyev denied there was a blockade, pointing to Russian peacekeeping vehicles’ use of the road.

The row over Russian troops stationed in the country comes as Yerevan calls for Moscow to step in and prevent a worsening humanitarian crisis in the breakaway region.

Many Armenians are wary of restoring ties with a traditional archrival.

The country’s revenues from oil and gas, on which its economy depends, grew significantly in 2022, a benefit of the sanctions on fellow hydrocarbon producer Russia.

Amid rising local and international demand, Georgia seeks to start new energy projects and revive old ones. But will they survive the usual controversies?

Azerbaijan has long opposed reestablishing air transit to and from Karabakh, though, and argues that it is Armenians who are refusing its offers to allow traffic on the road to resume.

In the wake of the reported diplomatic breakdown, accounts have varied over how much credit – or blame – to assign to Azerbaijan, Russia, and France.

With Azerbaijani demonstrators settling in for the long haul on the Lachin Corridor, Armenia is questioning whether Moscow is willing or able to end the standoff.