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A Super PAC supporting Joe Biden poured more than one million dollars into Iowa in December to bolster the former vice president’s standing in the first caucus state. 

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan proposed at a summit in Kyrgyzstan on Monday that Middle East and Central Asian countries should stop trading in the U.S. dollar and instead use their domestic currencies.

Contents: A ‘historic’ Caspian Sea agreement leaves major issues unresolved; Major issues about commercial exploitation remain unresolved.

Contents: Tensions grow between Armenia and Azerbaijan in Nakhchivan enclave; Concerns grow that Azerbaijan plans Armenia invasion from Nakhchivan enclave

Autocrats around the world congratulated Reccip Erdogan on his victory in Sunday’s Turkish presidential election, despite independent observers indicating that the vote was flawed. 

An Azerbaijani claiming to be an exiled journalist in France was seriously wounded and his wife was killed on Friday in a gun attack near the southern city of Toulouse, police said. Rahim Namazov, a father of three, fled his

A court in Baghdad on Sunday convicted 11 Turkish women and one from Azerbaijan of joining the Islamic State. One of them was sentenced to death, while the others were given life in prison.

The number of dual American and foreign nationals found skirting United States sanctions law to conduct business in Iran is growing, raising questions regarding how many more such cases exist and how the Trump administration will work toward limiting their access to Iran.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is en route to Tehran for meetings with President Hassan Rouhani and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday. According to the Kremlin, “Syria-related issues will be on the agenda” for the bilateral talks.

Azerbaijan on Thursday sentenced a Russian-Israeli travel blogger who wrote in support of Armenian separatists to three years in jail for visiting the disputed territory of Nagorny Karabakh.

Contents: Russian obstructionism blocks agreement on splitting up the Caspian Sea; New ‘facts on the ground’ may force Russia to change its mind

Israel has reached a deal to sell the Iron Dome missile defense system to Azerbaijan, just days after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the Central Asian country.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday hailed Israel’s multi-billion dollar military cooperation with Azerbaijan as a positive example of Muslim-Jewish coexistence.

In an effort to reach out to moderate Muslim countries, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is slated Tuesday morning to take off for a historic two-day visit to Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan. He will thus become the first sitting Israeli prime minister to visit the region in almost 25 years of diplomatic relations between Jerusalem and the former Soviet Republics of Central Asia.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit Azerbaijan in December, a local news site reported last week, citing an anonymous Israeli diplomatic source.

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Pope Francis set off on a three-day trip to the former Soviet republics of Georgia and Azerbaijan Friday, in what Vatican officials have described as a mission to promote “peace and reconciliation” in a troubled part of the world.

NAIROBI, Kenya – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is planning to visit Kazakhstan and possibly Azerbaijan this winter, he said Tuesday, as he looks to extend a series of overtures aimed at expanding Israel’s diplomatic reach.

Contents: Azerbaijan celebrates the ‘Days of Culture of Dagestan’; Azerbaijan and Dagestan share Sunni Salafist insurgencies; Nagorno-Karabakh issue still simmers

Contents: ‘Horrific’ scenes as Macedonian police lob teargas into Idomeni refugee camp; Armenia-Azerbaijan ceasefire holds, despite hundreds of ‘breaches’

The Jerusalem Post reports: An Israeli-made “suicide drone” has allegedly been spotted over the battlefield where Azerbaijan and Armenia have clashed in recent days, The Washington Post reported Tuesday. Video uploaded to YouTube reportedly shows what appears to be the IAI

Azerbaijan’s military reportedly declared a unilateral cease-fire Sunday against the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh, a self-proclaimed republic occupied by ethnic Armenian armed groups.

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Contents: Armenia vs Azerbaijan conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh worst in two decades; Russian analysis: Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict could spread throughout the region; New EU-Turkey migrant crisis is developing rapidly

Contents: More on China’s New Silk Road through the ‘Caspian Trade Corridor’; China and Cambodia hold military exercises amid South China Sea tensions

Contents: Azerbaijan forced to choose between Russia and Turkey; Azerbaijan becomes the hub of the Caspian Trade Corridor, part of the new Silk Road

Contents: Russia’s Syria airstrikes kill many innocent civilians, but otherwise appear futile; European Union renews its sanctions against Russia for Ukraine invasion; Russia retaliates against Ukraine by banning food imports; Azerbaijan’s currency devalues 32%, following Russia and Kazakhstan

Contents: Russia and Turkey try to ‘blackmail’ Armenia into their conflict; The mirror images: Donald Trump and Barack Obama

Contents: Azerbaijan faces rising radical Shia Islamist insurgency; Fears that Azerbaijan’s Sunni Salafists who joined ISIS will return; Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh surges again

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