U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran beginning February 28, 2026, have triggered consequences for Russia and Azerbaijan and may ...

On the eve of new US moves in the South Caucasus, the visit of US Vice President JD Vance to the region has been accompanied by widespread speculation about Washington's real goals. This visit took ...

Over the past two years, the Caucasus Emirate (IK) proclaimed in late 2007 by then Chechen insurgency commander Doku Umarov has lost much of its manpower. In addition to the 410 militants reported ...

Three years ago, the idea of Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia building a common regional home seemed a noble wish - admirable ...

Left: Armenia is famous for the unique architecture of its Apostolic Orthodox churches. Middle: Tamar, a queen so powerful she was called a king, is on the left in this portrait at the Church of the ...

As Donald Trump assumes once more the presidency in the United States, most of the foreign policy discussion revolves around Ukraine, the Middle East, China and other big stories. Indeed, even before ...

Flightradar24 shows flights being funneled into narrow corridors north of Iran, or forced into longer detours over Saudi ...

While visiting Georgia’s Pankisi Gorge towards the end of the second Chechen War (1999-2009), what struck me most was the large number of Christian graves that resembled Muslim tombstones. I was also ...

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TIME Correspondent James Aldridge last week cabled this dispatch from the Soviet-Iranian Border. Along these terrible roads Red Army units are moving toward one of the many battlefronts. They have all ...