Caucasus

As NATO's head joins US-Russian-French negotiators in calling for a halt to bloodshed, Turkey says no

Bouts of fighting around Karabakh are not unusual, but this time Turkey is actively encouraging Azerbaijan's offensive

Armenia insists one of its aircraft was shot down by a Turkish fighter jet

Last year, the talk was about Anaklia; now the focus of port development is Poti and Batumi

An upsurge in fighting in a remote border area provokes talk of wider conflict with regional ramifications

As Russia restricts travel from Iran, the three South Caucasian states face even more pressing dilemmas

Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan are worried about the developing Iran crisis and trying to shape a response

A planned deep-water port looks like a solution to many of Georgia's problems, but the government has been hesitant