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At least 64 Syrian-backed Turkish fighters have died in Nagorno-Karabakh after clashes broke out between Azeris and Armenians in the separatist-controlled enclave, a non-governmental organization said on Saturday.
In accordance with Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, 1,200 Syrians who had fought against the Bashar al-Assad regime, sent by Turkey to fight on the side of the Azerbaijani forces against the separatists, supported by Yerevan.
Previously, the NGO reported on 850 combatants, who were sent to the area a week ago.
At least 36 of the Syrian rebels have died in the past 48 hours, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, with losses in its ranks reaching 64.
After they broke out hostilities Armenia accuses Turkey of sending Syrian “mercenaries” to Nagorno-Karabakh. Ankara has not officially commented on these allegations.
They’ve been furious since September 27 fierce fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh, where live mostly Armenians who separated from Azerbaijan, which caused the outbreak of armed conflict in the early 1990s with at least 30,000 dead.
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that some 300 “jihadists” had left Syria and gone to Azerbaijan fight through Turkey, judging that a “red line” has been crossed.
In a statement issued on Saturday, the Syrian Foreign Ministry warned against “flagrant Turkish involvement” in the conflict.
THE Anchor It intends to “unleash” the crisis, continuing “the consistent behavior of the Turkish regime in many countries, where it creates tensions and adds fuel to the fire,” said a statement from the Syrian Foreign Ministry broadcast by the state news agency SANA. .
Source: Athens / Macedonia News Agency
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