Syrian forces have arrested Uzbek fighters during a security sweep in the northwest, after a dispute involving one of them escalated into protests outside a government security ​facility, two Syrian security officials said.

Editor's note: Abdul Hamid Hamid Al-Kba is a writer and researcher on Central Asian affairs. The views expressed in this article are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of News.Az.

A senior Uzbek lawmaker has urged labor migrants to urgently leave Russia following the death of a citizen of Uzbekistan after a raid by Russian riot police in the city of Khabarovsk.

Interview of News.Az with Uzbek political scientist Ravshan Nazarov, senior researcher at the Institute of State and Law of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Uzbekistan plans to attract 43 billion U.S. dollars in investment in 2025, according to the press service of the Uzbek president, News.az reports citing Xinhua.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury has sanctioned 275 individuals and entities involved in supplying Russia with advanced technology and equipment that it desperately needs to support its war machine, News.Az reports citing The Central Asia Times .