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Turkey’s Erdogan Says Corridor Through Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran Must Be Completed -Media

ANKARA, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said the so-called Zangezur trade corridor passing through Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran must be completed, broadcasters reported on Tuesday, a day after he met Azerbaijan's leader. Speaking to reporters on...

Russia’s Putin Discussed Nagorno-Karabakh With Iran’s Raisi – Kremlin

MOSCOW, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh in a phone call with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the Kremlin said on Tuesday. Iran shares borders with Azerbaijan and Armenia, which have disputed and...

Yemen Flare-Ups Involving Iran-Backed Houthis Jeopardise Peace Negotiations

By Aziz El Yaakoubi RIYADH, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Both sides in Yemen's eight-year war have accused each other of attacks that break a relative lull in fighting and jeopardise peace talks that had been gathering momentum. Yemen's Houthi movement has battled...

China Opposes US Inclusion of Chinese Entities on Iran Sanctions List

BEIJING, Sept 26 (Reuters) - China firmly opposes the U.S. inclusion of some Chinese companies and individuals in Iran-related sanctions, Chinese commerce ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. The ministry said the U.S. had included some Chinese...

How Popular Music Videos Drove the Fight Against the Islamic State

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Ethnic Armenians Flee Karabakh After Azerbaijan Defeat

STEPANAKERT-KHANKENDI, Azerbaijan, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Thousands of ethnic Armenians fled the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh on Monday, queuing up for fuel and jamming the road to Armenia after their decades-old separatist state was defeated by...

Raisi Says Israeli ‘Normalization’ Deals Will Fail

WASHINGTON, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Ebrahim Raisi said in a U.S. television interview on Sunday that U.S.-sponsored efforts to normalize Israeli relations with the Persian Gulf Arab states, including Saudi Arabia, "will see no...

Israel Hopes to Develop Ties With Saudi Arabia Following Iran Conciliation

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday he believed his country was on the cusp of peace with Saudi Arabia, predicting it could be clinched by U.S. President Joe...

US Disappointed by Iran Bar of Nuclear Inspectors

NEW YORK, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Iran's decision to bar some U.N. nuclear inspectors suggests it is not interested in being a responsible actor on its atomic program, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday. The comments...

ANALYSIS: War in Ukraine Contributing to Erosion of Global Consensus Over Spread of Dangerous...

By Nolan Fahrenkopf Research Fellow at Project on International Security, Commerce and Economic Statecraft, University at Albany, State University of New York SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION When Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with President Joe Biden, on Sept....