Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev:

Türkiye and Azerbaijan are probably the closest two countries in the world.

No other two countries in the world are so close to each other, so supportive of each other, and so friendly toward each other as Türkiye and Azerbaijan.

Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev:

We are not only brothers and friends with Türkiye—we are allies.

And if something unfortunate or bad happens to one of us, the other will stand by us with all its potential, including military capabilities, to defend its brother.

Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev:

Of course, we will never forget what Armenians did to our people, how they destroyed our cities, how they killed innocent women and children, committed genocide in Khojaly. We will never forget it.

But at the same time, we understand that peace is the ultimate objective. So I think there'll be many implications—psychological, emotional, attempts to fight back, to take revenge.

My message to our neighbors is to be responsible and to stop as soon as possible, and to try to normalize relations and not to escalate this process to a global conflict.

Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev:

We started to supply gas to a market which we could not even foresee, which is Syria.

And we can expand from Syria towards the neighborhood, where there is a big demand.

So, for us, it is very important in relations with our European partners to have long-term contracts and also to work jointly on the expansion of the existing gas transportation system.

Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev:

Azerbaijan unilaterally lifted all the transit restrictions to Armenia, and now, since we did it, more than 40,000 tons of different cargo was transported to Armenia from Russia, from Kazakhstan and from other destinations.

Moreover, Azerbaijan itself started to supply oil products to Armenia, and it's already, as far as I remember, more than 10,000 tons.

Especially now, when many countries are suffering from access to fuel, Armenia has a reliable source.

If not for that, probably today they would have been looking for gasoline and diesel all over the world.

The EU is expected to approve new rules that would require Ukrainians seeking temporary protection to provide proof from the Ukrainian government that they are exempt from military mobilization.

Those eligible for conscription would no longer qualify for temporary protection under the new system.

The rules would apply only to new applicants, not people already protected, and are expected to take effect in March 2027.

Source: Rzeczpospolita

Britain will spend £250 million over the next three years to increase security for Jewish communities.

The money will fund 500+ additional police officers, boost patrols around schools, synagogues, and community centres, and strengthen counter-terrorism efforts, with much of the funding going to London and Greater Manchester.

Source: Reuters

Russia released footage showing a 3-ton FAB-3000 glide bomb striking the front-line town of Orikhove in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region.

The heavy guided bomb, which carries around 1.4 tons of explosives, was launched from a Russian aircraft roughly 40 km away using a glide kit that allows it to travel long distances after release.

An Iranian Mahan Air plane landed in Houthi-controlled Hodeidah, marking a further escalation in tensions between Saudi Arabia and the Iran-backed Houthis.

Iran and its allies hailed the landing as a symbolic victory over the Saudi-led blockade.

Trump on Iran:

We are going to keep the strait. We will probably run it.

We will become the guardian of the strait, and when we do that, we will be reimbursed for it.

We guarded the strait for 50 years, and we never got paid for it. We guarded it for nothing, but now we will make money.

Trump:

5.2% of presidents are killed, and 8.5% are shot.

Being the president is dangerous.

Trump:

Obama went to Iran's side, and because of that, they became more powerful.

They became much more powerful because of Obama and Biden, but Biden probably had nothing to say because he was stupid.

Trump on Iran:

They are a bad group of people, let me tell you that. I don't say that often.

Right now, they are getting their ass kicked.

Trump on Butler:

God was with me.

Trump on Iran:

Iran was minutes away from a nuclear weapon.

Trump confuses names:

I killed Khomeini, who was a brilliant but mad general.

Soleimani—I killed Soleimani.

Q: We hear that Iran is trying to rebuild again.

Trump: They have no chance. We have them on the run.

Trump on Iran:

Khomeini is gone. The son is 90% gone.

Trump on Iran:

Iran's inflation is 350%.

It was 5% six months ago.

Q: Yes or no, do you consider Israel an apartheid state?

Gavin Newsom: I said that was directional as it relates to what Friedman was arguing about the West, the annexation of the West Bank, so no.

But in the context of his pursuit and the hard and the far right, I align with that concern and that thinking that was expressed very pointedly by Friedman.

Source: Axios

The EU will provide €120 million to strengthen Moldova's air defence amid regional security concerns linked to Russia's war in Ukraine.

Moldova has previously reported Russian drones entering its airspace and has moved closer to the EU while relations with Moscow have deteriorated.

Source: Reuters