Turkey, US role in CaucasusShia-dominated Azerbaijan is a good friend of both Sunni Turkey and Israel. Contrary to this, Azerbaijan reportedly gave air space to the Israeli Air Force to bomb Iran , though the latter is the leading Shia power in the world. This had happened notwithstanding the April 28 visit to Baku by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian , who himself is of Azeri origin. As an initiative to improve ties with its northern neighbor, the Iranian President undertook the first trip in six years to that country. Curiously, the International North-South Transport Corridor from the Iranian coast to Russia is going to facilitate all the countries of the region, including Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia.