Situation around Israel and Lebanon Hardly to Spread over South CaucasusJuly 17, 2006 - 15:45 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Iran will not dare to launch war against Israel. One thing is to make PR on "elimination of Zionistic aggressors" but fight with them is quite another matter, head of the International Relations Department at the Institute of the Political and Military Analysis Sergey Markedonov told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. In his words, Islamic states were always defeated in wars with Israel and the popularity of terrorism proceeds from this fact. "Iran will go on with financing the extremist groupings like Hezbollah and will influence on the situation this way. The states built upon the principles of political Islam as ideology take part in the global game via network terrorism, which however has various aims and tasks. Taking into account some coolness between Israel and Turkey after the Iraqi campaign I do not think the situation around Israel and Lebanon will spread over the South Caucasus," the Russian political scientist said. 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 | About 32,000 rally in Yerevan to deman Pashinyan’s resignation About 31,700 people attended an opposition rally on Thursday, May 9 in Yerevan demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Armenian, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister to meet in Almaty Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov will meet in Almaty. Viva-MTS: Tech solutions to modernize infrastructure of border village The border village has been the focus of Viva-MTS and the Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Values since 2015. Ucom's fixed network launched in Artashat To mark this occasion, the company has introduced a special offer exclusively for Artashat residents. |