The Georgian Orthodox Church considers the Church of St. George of Ilori in southern Abkhazia a key medieval religious site. A woman prays and weeps loudly at the back of the Ilori church, which ...

MOSCOW -- Abkhazia has outlawed abortion in an apparent effort to boost the population of the breakaway Georgian republic. The ban was formally approved on February 8 when Abkhazia's de facto ...

Muslim cleric Emik Chakmach-ogly was shot dead on July 17 in the Abkhaz Black Sea town of Gagra, just one week after a failed attempt on the life of Salih Kvaratskhelia, imam of the Sukhumi mosque.

Some key dates in Abkhazia's history: 756 - Independent kingdom formed.. 985 - Becomes part of Georgia, later regaining independence.. 1578 - Comes under Turkish rule.. 1810 - Russia declares ...