Azerbaijan kills four terrorists suspected of plotting attacksFebruary 1, 2017 - 18:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Four suspected terrorists plotting attacks in Azerbaijan have been killed, while another one has been detained in Baku, the State Security Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan said Wednesday, February 1, Sputnik reports. The Security Service said the four suspected armed militants put up an armed resistance, noting that they "were planning attacks in the country." "The [four] citizens of the republic have been eliminated in the course of a January 31 raid in Azerbaijan, launched to detain those suspected of particularly serious crimes," the service's press office said. It provided the four suspects' last names alongside their noms de guerre and added that one of them, F. Sadykhov known as Abdulkhalid, has been detained. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |