Trump threatens further strikes against Iran: All the latest news on the Middle East conflict on Saturday
U.S. President Donald Trump warned Iran to expect further strikes on Saturday (7 March). In a post on social media, he said Iran would be '...
President Ilham Aliyev said the naming of the TRIPP corridor after U.S. President Donald Trump signals that the project will remain a priority for the current American administration and its successors.
Speaking at the Munich Security Conference during a panel titled “Open Corridor Policy? Deepening Trans-Caspian Cooperation,” the President said the decision to associate the initiative with President Trump reflects its political significance.
“I think TRIPP carries President Trump’s name, and that means this corridor will be important for this administration and for those that follow,” President Aliyev said.
He added that if the project were not considered important, the U.S. President would not have allowed his name to be linked to it.
“The fact that his name has been given means that it will be implemented,” he said.
TRIPP, the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity, is also known as the Zangezur corridor. It is a proposed transport and logistics route linking mainland Azerbaijan with its Nakhchivan exclave through southern Armenia. The initiative follows a trilateral declaration signed by Armenia, Azerbaijan and the United States on 8 August 2025 in Washington.
The corridor envisages new or upgraded rail links, oil and gas pipelines, and fibre-optic cables, aiming to transform the South Caucasus by boosting connectivity, trade and energy cooperation across the region.
The project is viewed as a key element of broader efforts to enhance Trans-Caspian integration and reshape regional transport architecture.
Officials in Azerbaijan have said they have stopped terror attacks in Azerbaijan including on an Israeli Embassy, the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline and a Synagogue. Tensions between regional and global powers escalate. Military activity, security alerts and travel disruptions continue.
U.S. President Donald Trump warned Iran to expect further strikes on Saturday (7 March). In a post on social media, he said Iran would be 'hit very hard'. His comments came a week into the conflict with Iran, which has spread across the Middle East.
Lebanon's Hezbollah warned Israeli residents to evacuate towns within 5 km (3.11 miles) of the border between the countries in a message posted on its Telegram channel in Hebrew early on Friday.
The Israeli military says it has destroyed an underground bunker beneath Iran’s leadership complex in Tehran that it claims was built for former supreme leader Ali Khamenei.
The Azerbaijani State Security Service has said it has stopped Iran committing terror attacks against four targets in the country: Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, the Israeli Embassy in Azerbaijan, a leader of the Mountain Jews religious community and the "Ashkenazi" synagogue.
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened further attacks on Iran on Saturday (7 March), while the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia continued to shoot down missiles in their airspace. Meanwhile, Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tehran would stop attacking its neighbours.
Baku has completed its evacuation of staff from the Azerbaijan Consulate General in Tabriz, while most employees from the Azerbaijan Embassy in Tehran have also returned.
Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport came under attack in heavy airstrikes on early Saturday morning (7 March), Iranian news agencies reported.
The Azerbaijani State Security Service has said it has stopped Iran committing terror attacks against four targets in the country: Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, the Israeli Embassy in Azerbaijan, a leader of the Mountain Jews religious community and the "Ashkenazi" synagogue.
U.S. President Donald Trump warned Iran to expect further strikes on Saturday (7 March). In a post on social media, he said Iran would be 'hit very hard'. His comments came a week into the conflict with Iran, which has spread across the Middle East.
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