Ukraine’s strategy to quell Russia’s control of Crimea and the Black Sea requires patience, says Zelenskyy.

• November 1, 2023

The French president is seeking to compete with Russia and China for influence in Central Asia.

• November 1, 2023

Pyongyang and Moscow have an ‘arms-for-liftoff deal’, claims South Korea’s spy agency.

• November 1, 2023

The ‘friendly’ countries include China, India, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Kazakhstan and Belarus.

• October 30, 2023

Authorities arrest 60 people as protests against arrival of flight from Israel forces the Makhachkala airport to shut down.

• October 30, 2023

Hundreds of people stormed Dagestan’s main airport on Sunday to protest against a flight arriving from Israel.

• October 30, 2023

Taiwan considers its ability to counter a Chinese invasion attempt with lessons learned from Israel-Gaza war and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

• October 30, 2023

By Yeghia TASHJIAN, Beirut-based regional analyst and researcher, columnist, "The Armenian Weekly”

On October 7, 2023, Palestinian Islamist militant group Hamas launched operation “Al-Aqsa Flood,” aiming to destroy the Israeli army positions near Gaza and capture as many soldiers as possible, in order to exchange them with the almost 7,000 Palestinians detained in Israeli prisons. The operation created a shockwave in Israeli society, killing more than 1,000 soldiers and civilians. As a result, Israelis started indiscriminately bombing Gaza, killing civilians and threatening ethnic cleansing through a land invasion. The danger that the escalation will turn into a regional conflict involving Iran and Hezbollah is high. Such a step would surely have devastating consequences for the region and a domino effect beyond the Middle East. If Israel, which is Azerbaijan’s military partner and Iran’s regional enemy, was involved in a war of attrition in Gaza or a regional escalation, it would become isolated from the events in the South Caucasus. READ MORE

• October 26, 2023