Not far outside the city, one of Azerbaijan’s most visited natural sites, Yanar Dag (Fire Mountain) burns continuously, fed by the natural gas deposits which lie below the mountain’s surface.

The cause is thought to be an electrical fault in the wooden building A fire has killed 24 people at a drug rehabilitation centre in Azerbaijan's capital Baku, officials say. Television pictures ...

The flame shape references Azerbaijan's nickname "Land of Fire" due to its natural gas reserves ... Witness the "burning mountain," a natural phenomenon where a hillside is continually ablaze ...

The U.S. and Russia both urged Azerbaijan to abide by the 2020 cease-fire. Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics ...

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said on Sunday that the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan on Wednesday ... and practically lost control,” he said, citing fire from the ground for ...