The Jewish community in Azerbaijan’s capital gathered to pray for the incoming president and celebrate the strong ties between their nations.
Insights from Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies.
Two suspects – Georgian citizen Aqil Aslanov and Azerbaijani citizen Ceyhun Ismayilov – were apprehended near a Jewish center.
Over 120,000 Armenians were forcibly displaced from their ancestral lands in just a matter of days, with reports of civilians being harassed, starved, and intimidated into leaving.
A new assessment of the situation will be conducted next week, and a decision will be made as to whether operations on the route will resume.
Unverified video of the crash showed the plane, which was operated by Azerbaijan Airlines, bursting into flames as it hit the ground and thick black smoke then rising.
Jewish civilization in Azerbaijan dates back over 1,500 years. Oral tradition states that Jews first arrived in the South Caucasus country during the eighth century BCE.
Diplomatic posts from French ambassador highlight growing Paris-Tehran ties amid regional tensions.
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