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 | Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan. Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”. 41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience. Armenia votes for UN resolution granting Palestine new rights The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on May 10 to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine. |