Drones launched from neighboring Iran struck Azerbaijan’s Nakhchivan autonomous region, injuring two people. One drone struck Nakhchivan Airport on March 5, damaging the facility. A second drone landed near a school building in the Shekerabad area, the ministry said.
Day: March 5, 2026
🇦🇿💥💥The Ministry of Defense of #Azerbaijan stated that #Iran’s attacks on #Nakhchivan will not go unanswered.
#IranWar #Israel #USIranWar #USA #SouthCaucasus #MiddleEast
— Arthur Maghakian (@ArMaghak) Mar 5, 2026
Reports have emerged of a suspected Iranian drone strike in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, an exclave of Azerbaijan located between Armenia, Iran, and Turkey.
#Iran #Azerbaijan #Nakhchivan #DroneStrike #BreakingNews #SouthCaucasus #Geopolitics #MiddleEastTensions pic.x.com/M8K7VFL0WE— The Nyuto (@thenyuto) Mar 5, 2026
Iran strikes Azerbaijan
On 5 March, Iran launched a drone strike on Azerbaijan, targeting the international airport in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. Local media report that a drone launched from Iranian territory hit the airport building and exploded.
#JUSTIN: One of the drones launched by #Iran hit one of the terminals at #Nakhchivan #Airport, while several other drones fell in different locations.
Another drone landed near a #school in the city of Nakhchivan.#war #Azerbaijanunderattack pic.twitter.com/cD0JcPeLmK
— APA News Agency (@APA_English) March 5, 2026
Several pro-government media outlets published identical text: “Despite the good-neighbourly relations that Azerbaijan has demonstrated towards Iran, the mullah regime has shown its true nature. Azerbaijan did not allow its territory to be used for military operations against Iran, yet it came under attack from Iran.”
Authorities evacuated schools in areas near the airport following the attack.
“Azerbaijan reserves the right to take appropriate response measures,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan said in a statement. Mojtaba Demirchilou has been summoned to the foreign ministry.
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A day earlier, on 4 March, an Iranian ballistic missile was launched towards Turkey. According to Turkish Ministry of National Defence, the missile flew through Syria and Iraq before air defence and missile defence systems of NATO intercepted it in the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea.
Fragments of the interceptor missile fell near Dörtyol in Hatay Province in south-eastern Turkey.
The episode marked the first direct involvement of Turkey — a NATO member and neighbour of Iran — in the expanding regional conflict.
Ankara said it reserves the right to respond in the event of hostile actions. It also called on all sides to avoid steps that could lead to further escalation.
The publication Middle East Eye released a commentary suggesting that Iran could target the Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline, potentially starting from the territory of Azerbaijan.
Iran strikes Azerbaijan
1/2 I’m calling upon all of the 3 #SouthCaucasus nations of #Armenia #Azerbaijan & #Georgia to be unified more than ever right now. Your #Sovereignty and #TerritorialIntegrity is at risk due to the current #war between #Iran and #Israel. #Yerevan #Baku #Tbilisi pic.x.com/vSnVmcuzSm
— Boris Abadzhyan 🇺🇸 (@BorisAbadzhyan) Mar 5, 2026
Nikoloz Samkharadze, a Georgian Dream member of the disputed parliament and chair of its Foreign Relations Committee, met on March 4 in Washington with Andrew Baker, U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor.
The meeting took place during a visit by the four-member Georgian parliamentary delegation, led by Samkharadze, to the United States, where they were invited by controversial Republican Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna to attend the inaugural summit of the Alliance of Sovereign Nations on March 4-5.
The meeting was also attended by Tamar Taliashvili, Georgia’s Ambassador to the United States, and Charles J. McLaughlin IV, Special Assistant to the President of the United States.
Describing the meeting as “quite engaging,” Samkharadze said, according to a Georgian Parliament press release, that the main topic was “the revitalization of Georgian-American relations and the restoration of the strategic partnership.”
“We discussed the interest and readiness demonstrated by the Georgian side,” he added. “We also exchanged views on which issues could serve as leading direction for restoring relations.”
“Insightful and friendly conversation with the Deputy National Security Adviser Andrew Baker about security challenges stemming from occupation, reinvigoration of Georgia-U.S. relations leading to new partnership, mutually beneficial economic prospects and Georgia’s strategic roles in ensuring connectivity,” Samkharadze wrote on X following the meeting.
The meeting with a high-level U.S. official came amid ongoing uncertainty in bilateral relations. Under President Joe Biden, the United States suspended the strategic partnership with Georgia in November 2024 and later sanctioned Georgian Dream founder and honorary chairman Bidzina Ivanishvili.
Under President Donald Trump, however, Washington has continued to remain largely silent toward Tbilisi, despite repeated claims by the Georgian Dream government of “shared values” with the Trump administration and stated efforts to reset relations “from a clean slate.”
During the meeting between Samkharadze and Baker, the sides also discussed “security challenges,” including developments in Iran and their impact on Georgia and the South Caucasus region. The talks also covered the Middle Corridor and “the process of normalizing relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan,” according to the Georgian Parliament’s press release.
Samkharadze also reportedly highlighted the threats posed by Russia’s occupation of Georgia’s territories and expressed hope that “this meeting and the spirit in which it was held will enable us to take successful steps in the future.”
Pro-government and UK-sanctioned Imedi TV later released additional comments by Samkharadze, saying the meeting also addressed “serious missteps in the recent past, including instances of interference in Georgia’s internal affairs.”
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