Baku

Black January ‘important turning point’ for Azerbaijan: envoy

On the night between January 19 and 20, under direct instructions from Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet army entered Baku and nearby regions, killing the civilian population using heavy military equipment and other weaponry.

What’s behind the growing Azerbaijan-Pakistan-Turkey friendship?

All three Muslim countries continue to back each other on matters of national interest.

Azerbaijan says one soldier dead in skirmish with Armenian separatists

Azerbaijan’s defence ministry reports an illegal group of Armenian fighters carried out the ambush in Aghdam, adjacent to the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, which also fell to Baku before the November peace deal.

Azerbaijan and Armenia swap prisoners after peace deal

The exchange was facilitated by Russian peacekeepers who have been deployed to Nagorno-Karabakh for five years under the peace deal.

Azerbaijan: Nearly 2,800 soldiers killed in Karabakh fighting

Meanwhile, Turkey said the agreement to end the war over Karabakh will have a positive impact on regional stability.

Turkey denounces French decision on Karabakh

French Senate urged the French government to recognise Azerbaijan's region of Nagorno-Karabakh as an independent republic, a move against UN resolutions.

Nagorno-Karabakh: Azerbaijan enters Aghdam district handed over by Armenia

Azerbaijan's army enters the district of Aghdam, the first of three to be handed back by Armenia as part of a Russian-brokered peace deal to end fighting in the Nagorno-Karabakh region.

Turkey's Parliament approves troop deployment to Azerbaijan

Turkish soldiers will establish a peacekeeping "Joint Centre" with Russia to monitor a ceasefire in the Nagorno-Karabakh region agreed by Azerbaijan and Armenia.

Armenia accepts defeat in fight over occupied Azerbaijan territories

Baku and Yerevan agree to halt fighting in occupied Karabakh region in a ceasefire deal that Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev calls a clear defeat of Armenia.

Azerbaijan downs Russian helicopter by accident, apologises

Two crew members were killed and a third was injured when the helicopter was shot down in Armenia near the border with Azerbaijan, Moscow says.

Deadly Armenian missile strike hits Azerbaijan's Barda

At least 21 civilians killed, 70 others wounded in the attack Baku blames on Yerevan. A ceasefire implemented earlier this week has failed to take hold as both sides accuse each other of violations.

Azerbaijan, Armenia hold first high-level meeting over Karabakh clashes

Troops of Azerbaijan and Armenia continue to clash in and around occupied Karabakh, while ongoing talks in Moscow raise hopes of ending the deadliest battles in the South Caucasus for more than 25 years.