Iran drone strike on Azerbaijan raises fears of Mideast war spreading to Caucasus

Azerbaijan announced on Friday it was withdrawing diplomatic staff from Iran, a day after drones launched from Iranian territory targeted an airport and exploded near a school in the country's Nakhichevan exclave, bordering Iran. Four people were wounded. President Ilham Aliyev accused Tehran of carrying out a "terrorist act" and ordered the armed forces to prepare retaliatory measures, placing them on the highest level of mobilisation. Iran denied responsibility and blamed Israel -- Azerbaijan's...