Day: January 20, 2024

The people of Azerbaijan flock to the Alley of Martyrs to commemorate the martyrs of January 20.

In 2023, Azerbaijan exported 1,963.49 tons of oil bitumen worth $466,900, Report informs, citing the State Customs Committee (SCC),

In 2023, the public catering turnover in Azerbaijan increased by 15.2% in real terms compared to last year and amounted to 2,041.5 million manats ($1.2 billion).

On January 21, the weather conditions in Baku and the Absheron Peninsula are expected to be changeable cloudy, occasionally overcast, and mainly rainless, Report informs, citing the National Hydrometeorological Service of Azerbaijan.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to the Republic of Azerbaijan Zurab Pataradze together with heads of diplomatic missions accredited in Azerbaijan and staff of the Georgian Embassy honoured the memory of the victims of the bloody tragedy committed by the Soviet armed forces in Baku on 20 January 1990, Azernews reports.

Sources say Iran Revolutionary Guards official killed in alleged Israeli strike on Damascus  The Times of Israel

Israeli strike on Damascus kills Iranian Guards official -source in regional pro-Syria alliance  Reuters

Iran conducts air defense drill amid rising regional tensions: State media  IndiaTimes

NPR News: 01-20-2024 4AM EST