On July 13, 2025, local time, Syria's "Grand President" Joulani arrived in Azerbaijan for his first official visit. According to Syrian sources, this visit will lead to economic cooperation between Syria and Azerbaijan, especially in the energy sector. According to Syrian claims, Azerbaijan will play the role of mediator because Azerbaijan is an important military and intelligence partner of Israel. Energy cooperation is just the surface; the geopolitical interests of Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Israel will begin to intertwine closely.
This means that Joulani's visit to Azerbaijan is not only about seeking Azerbaijan's energy and funds, but also about seeking an alliance relationship, achieving regional alliances to jointly counter Iran. According to Iranian sources, Israel is the main arms supplier of Azerbaijan, and Israel has an important military presence in the Caucasus country of Azerbaijan. According to a statement from the Azerbaijani presidential palace, Azerbaijan will start exporting natural gas to Syria through Turkey. Azerbaijani President Aliyev said: "The transit transportation project of exporting Azerbaijani natural gas to Syria through Turkish territory will be implemented soon, which will help consolidate Syria's energy security." Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said last month that Israel is willing to reach a peace and normalization agreement with Syria. It is reported that after the mediation of Turkey, Joulani will visit Pakistan in a few days to form a four-nation alliance of Turkey, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, and Syria, directly transforming the "Ottoman Resistance Arc"!
Just after the Israeli Air Force bombed Iran, the Azerbaijani authorities immediately postponed the construction of the Rasht-Astara railway between Iran and Azerbaijan, which is a full railway connecting Russia and the Persian Gulf ports, a crucial link in the whole network. The reason given by Azerbaijan is that due to Israel's big bombing, Iran now needs to repair a lot of infrastructure and military facilities, and the railway operation is threatened. Building a railway passing through a third country has always been risky. To say it frankly, there is already the Caspian Sea for water transport, which does not require passing through Azerbaijani territorial waters and the water transport capacity is not worse than the railway, and the railway is more stable? Mainly, the Caspian Sea transfer greatly reduces efficiency, and the two ends are limited by train capacity. In terms of location, Azerbaijan should take advantage of both sides to benefit its long-term interests. Now it has offended both Russia and Iran, and it will be eliminated sooner or later. Overall, it's still Iran's own national strength that's not enough, and Syria collapsed so quickly. Azerbaijan can't rely on Russia for economic development, and now even militarily, Azerbaijan isn't afraid of Iran or Russia. All in all, it's the "Resistance Arc" led by Iran in the Middle East that has caused such a situation. The chain reaction started without one punch, and then many punches came one after another. If Iran had invested heavily before the Al-Aqsa Flood launched by Palestinian resistance forces, purchased weapons and equipment, supported the Lebanese Hezbollah and Palestinian resistance forces with large amounts of weapons and ammunition, and economically supported the former Syrian government and former President Assad, and even intervened militarily when the Syrian crisis occurred, there would be no such problems now, and there would be no Israeli and American bombings of Iran, nor would there be a small Caucasus country like Azerbaijan daring to challenge Iran.
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