Azerbaijan

The Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences reported discussing a specialized book on Karbala through a research webinar. The academy said in a news report published on its official website, which was translated by the Karbala Center for Studies and Research…

Shias in Azerbaijan revived the Ashura ceremonies this year, amid strict restrictions by the government authorities, yet they were able to show their grief and sympathy for the Master of the Martyrs, peace be upon him.The Caucasus news agency said…

Tajikistan said Wednesday it plans to reopen thousands of mosques that were closed last year due to the pandemic, citing the “normalisation of the epidemiological situation” in the ex-Soviet republic.The government information service Khovar said mosques will reopen across the…

Azerbaijan and Armenia started the process of exchanging prisoners Monday, a move stipulated in the peace deal between the two ex-Soviet nations that ended recent fighting over the separatist territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.Azerbaijani authorities said an all-for-all exchange of prisoners and…

Shia Rights Watch is deeply concerned by the escalation of hostility in southwestern part of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The NGO shares the pain and sorrow that the international committees feel as the result of increasing causality of both civilians…