Republic of Georgia: Interior Ministry holds exercise on responding to chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear incidents

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia on Thursday said it had conducted a “large-scale” interagency exercise focused on responding to chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear incidents. The three-day exercise, led by international experts, brought together representatives from various units Read More …

From territorial to virtual: Is ISKP the next Al Qaeda?

“We beat them through their own app; all they can do is delete our IDs,” an Islamic State (IS) supporter from Qawqaz, the Arabic name for the Caucasus region, boasted in a closed chat room on the Darknet. He was Read More …

EU to allocate an additional €10M for demining in Azerbaijan

The EU, together with its Member States, is to date the biggest international donor in the field of mine action in Azerbaijan, as illustrated by the launch of a “Team Europe Initiative” earlier in May. In the wake of President Read More …

Russia: Twenty killed, 46 injured in terrorist attacks in Dagestan

Twenty people were killed and 26 were injured as a result of attacks in Makhachkala and Derbent in Dagestan. On Sunday, militants attacked two Russian Orthodox churches, two synagogues and a traffic police post in Derbent and Makhachkala. Read more… Read More …

UAE provides financial assistance to Azerbaijan mine action agency

The UAE has recently provided assistance to the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) in the amount of $5 million to combat the mine problem, which is one of the main threats to the return of former internally displaced Read More …

Azerbaijan: 4839,3 hectares of territory cleared of mines and UXOs over past month

“During the mine-clearing operations in Tartar, Aghdara, Kalbajar, Aghdam, Khojaly, Khankendi, Khojavand, Lachin, Shusha, Fuzuli, Gubadli, Jabrayil and Zangilan districts 251 anti-personnel and 141 anti-tank mines, as well as 1,068 unexploded ordnances (UXOs) were found and neutralized from May 1 Read More …

International community should mobilize efforts to eliminate landmine threat in Azerbaijan

Armenia-planted landmines countinue to kill and maim Azerbaijanis in recently liberated territories, Azernews reports citing the post shared by Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry on its official “X” account. “Despite extensive efforts, demining operations face many challenges due to Armenia’s refusal to Read More …

Azerbaijan’s ANAMA employee injured in mine explosion in Aghdam

An investigation is underway on the mine incident in Aghdam resulting in the injury of an employee of the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA), the press service of the General Prosecutor’s Office of Azerbaijan told Trend. The Prosecutor’s Read More …

Azerbaijan: One civilian killed in landmine blast in Tartar

One civilian died as a result of a landmine explosion in Azerbaijan’s Tartar district, reads a joint statement from the Interior Ministry, the Prosecutor General’s Office and the Azerbaijan Mine Action Agency (ANAM). On May 21, Arzu Hajiyev (born in Read More …

Azerbaijan: Anti-tank mine explosion injuries one in Aghdam

A mine explosion occurred in the village of Marzili in Azerbaijan’s liberated district of Aghdam on Saturday, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Prosecutor General’s Office, and the Mine Action Agency (ANAMA) said in a joint statement. The explosion resulted Read More …