New IS video purportedly features imprisoned Russia FSB agentSeptember 21, 2016 - 15:51 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A new video purportedly released by the Islamic State alleges to show a Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) agent asking for help to be freed from IS. The video was released on IS terrorist channels on Tuesday, September 20, Heavy reports. It is stated to have been filmed in Wilayat al-Furat, an IS-occupied area on the Euphrates River that is part of Syria. “Al-Furat” is Arabic for “Euphrates.” A previous video by ISIS featured an alleged FSB agent. The video ended with the “agent,” an alleged Chechen Federal Security Service spy named Khasiev Magomid, being beheaded in the terrorist “capital” of Raqqa, Syria. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. 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". Partner news | 17 bridges collapse as a result of floods in Armenia As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. Armenia: Top cleric to retain title as he bids to become interim PM Galstanyan said earlier that the interim government would be tasked with stopping the “destruction of our homeland”. Ex-mayor of Karabakh capital arrested in Yerevan Ex-mayor of the Nagorno-Karabakh city of Stepanakert David Sargsyan has been arrested for 20 days. 269 people evacuated amid severe floods in Armenia’s north According to the Interior Ministry, 269 people have been evacuated from their homes in Lori and Tavush provinces. |