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A man walks by a house that was damaged during clashes in the Tartar district bordering the Nagorno-Karabakh region, on Sept. 29, 2020. Credit - Tofik Babayev—Xinhua/Getty Images Intense fighting has erupted in Nagorno-Karabakh, a small enclave in the southern Caucasus mountains, setting the entire region on edge. This is a fight primarily between Armenia and Azerbaijan, two former Soviet republics with long-held grievances over land, but the involvement of Russia, Turkey, and others raises the stakes for where a war might be headed. In essence, this is a story of a powerful outsider changing history by drawing arbitrary lines...

Azerbaijan authorities have arrested 22 people suspected of plotting to attack the Israeli and American embassies in the capital Baku, AFP reported on Wednesday. Iran's Revolutionary Guards was reportedly behind the plan to attack Israeli and U.S. targets in the country, according to Azerbaijan's national security ministry.

London, Jul. 03 – Three Iranian agents were arrested in Baku while filming the French embassy, according to an Azerbaijani daily. One of the agents arrested was identified as Alireza Vakili and was found to be in possession of a gun, the daily Gundelik wrote on Saturday, quoting a police source.