Another Azeri jihadist killed in Syria. According Timeturk, the Azeri part of the group of Islamist fighters “Mahmut Azeri” opposed to the regular troops of the Syrian army of President Bashar Al Assad. This Azeri killed in Syria was nicknamed “Zubair Azeri”, he was killed in air strikes on the Ribat area. Since 2014 the fighting that Azerbaijani citizen is the 150th to be killed in Syria. The Azerbaijani Embassy in Turkey has confirmed the passage of Azeris jihadists in Syria from Turkey. They would be 1500 citizens of Azerbaijan committed against the regime in Damascus. Syria and Iraq more than 300 of these fighters have already died.
Krikor Amirzayan