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South Azerbaijanis have historically been considered the country’s most loyal ethnolinguistic minority. Predominantly Shiite, with religion being the most important source of collective identity, Turkophone Azerbaijanis had until the 1920s provided numerous dynasties to the Persian thrones. The rise of nationalism in the 20th century gradually breached the image of South …

 Baku, North Azerbaijan, Sep13 By Kamila Aliyeva September 15 marks the 100th anniversary of the liberation of Baku from the Armenian-Bolshevik invaders – one of the most valiant pages in the history of Azerbaijan of the twentieth century. On September 15, 1918, Baku was liberated by the Caucasian Islamic Army, …

North Azerbaijan, Baku, Aug 4 Member of the Armenian National Congress Zoya Tadevosyan stated the necessity of Armenia’s withdrawing from the occupied territory of North Azerbaijan. She made this statement during the recent meeting with reporters. Tadevosyan noted that the occupied seven regions around Nagorno-Karabakh, which the Armenian side calls “liberated” …

Baku, North Azerbaijan, Dec. 16 Policy pursued by Armenia aimed at resettling Syrian refugees of Armenian origin on the occupied territories of Azerbaijan is a grave breach of the international humanitarian law, reads a statement by the Delegation of Azerbaijan at the United Nations High Commissioner’s Dialogue on Protection Challenges. …

Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Nov 16  Literally granting themselves the moniker as one of the “…largest and most influential grassroots political organizations,” the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) is, like most NGOs peddling influence in Washington, not what it appears to be; however unsurprising as this is, what is startling is that …