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Ten alleged members of warfare in Syria have been arrested in Azerbaijan. They were charged with the creation of illegal armed formations (IAFs) and participation therein.

Today, the believers of the Russian, Georgian, Jerusalem and Serbian Orthodox Churches have celebrated their Christmas. The events were held under strengthened security measures.

Today, the Orthodox Christians of Azerbaijan have celebrated Christmas. On the night of January 7 divine services were held in the catherdrals and churches of Azerbaijan.

In 2014, in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, 13 people suffered from mine explosions: two of them were killed and 11 others were injured, a representative of the international humanitarian organization named "HALO Trust" told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Six cars were covered by a snow avalanche in the area of Mount Elbrus; workers rescued seven people trapped in their cars.

16 villages in the Mestia District of the Svaneti Region in Western Georgia are cut off from the outside world. The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has sent help to car drivers stuck in snowdrifts.

Anar Mamedli, the head of the Centre for Monitoring Elections and Democracy Training in Azerbaijan, has health problems in the colony, where he was transferred from the Baku SIZO (pre-trial prison) after the court rejected his appeal against the conviction, said Anar's father. The decision to transfer Mamedli to a colony remote from Baku is biased, said his advocate.

Reduction in the number of victims of the North-Caucasian conflict was caused by the outflow of militants to other warfare zones; this trend will change after the return of combatants from Syria, the rights defenders and experts questioned by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

Two policemen and one suspected militant were killed in the shelling of a police squad in the Khasavyurt District of Dagestan. Two other law enforcers were wounded.

The American PEN Centre has spoken out in defence of the journalist Khadija Ismayilova, arrested in Azerbaijan, believing that the arrest is negatively affecting the country's international image.

The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has treated as misinformation the report released by its counterpart of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) about the death of its soldiers last night at the contact line.

The General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of South Ossetia plans to send the remains of a young man found in a forest of the Leningor District to the genetic examination in Rostov-on-Don, in order to confirm that they belong to the citizen of Georgia David Basharuli, who disappeared six months ago.

The military agencies of Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh report on numerous bombardments of their positions during the recent day. Meanwhile, according to the Karabakh side, three Azerbaijani soldiers were killed.

David Basharuli, a 19-year-old citizen of Georgia, who disappeared six months ago in the Leningor District of South Ossetia, was found dead. Local residents found his body hanging in a wooded area.

In Ingushetia, during the national Mawlid in honour of the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad, two residents of Nazran announced their refusal of blood feud. During the past year, more than 50 blood enemies were reconciled in Ingushetia.

The US State Department has expressed its concern over the armed incidents between the parties to the Karabakh conflict and urged Armenia and Azerbaijan to refrain from hostilities.

Mikhail Abramyan, the Secretary of the Krasnodar regional branch of the "Communists of Russia" Party, has filed an official complaint about his inclusion in the federal wanted list to the secretariat of the Regional Prosecutor's Office.

Today, in Azerbaijan, the Central Election Commission (CEC) has cancelled the results of the municipal elections held on December 23, 2014, in two polling stations. The official results of the elections are to be announced by the Azerbaijani CEC on January 17.

In Boston, the court has started jury selection in the case against Johar Tsarnaev, a native of Chechnya, accused of committing a terror act during the Boston Marathon in April 2013. It has also been reported that defenders of Johar Tsarnaev failed to conclude a plea agreement with officials of the US Attorney General Office.

The Soviet District Court of Makhachkala has announced its decision to arrest for two months Murad Nurmagomedov, a resident of Makhachkala, suspected of illegal possession of weapons and an author of the popular online video criticizing the Muslim New Year celebration in Dagestan.