Russia has just sent Syria the largest shipment of missiles between the two countries to date, the latest delivery between the two allies that could further change the stakes in the Middle East, U.S. officials told Fox News on Wednesday.
President Donald Trump is considering adding Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard to the list of prohibited terrorist organizations as part of a wave of new executive orders, the Daily Mail reports.
During the phone talk the two Presidents talked about Turkey-US relations and reaffirmed their readiness to fight against terrorism. Trump said the US supports Turkey as a NATO ally and strategic partner.
“We have listened to Trump’s promising statements both during the campaign and after that who said the priority must be given to fight against terrorism, and, in particular, the “Islamic State”, we have proposed this during the last 6 years,” Assad told the Belgian media.
“It’s clear, that Azerbaijan is using internal political debates on parliamentary level as certain messages to Tehran. Aliyev’s visit to Tehran is also planned: it may be used as well, attempting to somehow balance activating cooperation with Armenia.”
Zakharova said every country must assess itself the threats to its security. “I think that the conict is first of all a direct threat to the security, stability and further development of Armenia and Azerbaijan,” she said.
One of Europe’s most venerable human rights bodies has been warned it risks falling into irrelevance unless it sets up a robust investigation into allegations of vote-rigging in favour of Azerbaijan’s authoritarian regime, the Guardian reports.
The mother of the 22 year old Azerbaijani soldier, who was captured by Nagorno Karabakh forces when Azerbaijan attempted to infiltrate the line of contact, denied the Azerbaijani defense ministry’s report that the captive isn’t their serviceman, Istipress.com released footage.
Tbilisi has complied with all the benchmarks of its visa liberalisation plan, the text notes, underlining that “continuous fulfilment by Georgia of such criteria, especially on the fight against organised crime, will be duly monitored by the Commission.”
“Will the actions of the Defense Army [NKR forces] serve as a lesson? I think, yes, but not personally for Aliyev, because no one close to him dies, the deaths of soldiers aren’t a lesson for him. He wants similar actions to continue, he wants to inject another portion of anti-Armenian venom into his people and strengthen his leadership in that way.”
