“Fuel for war” … What is the secret of the participation of Syrian mercenaries in the wars in Libya and Azerbaijan?

During recent years, Syrian mercenaries became the fuel of war in places of conflict and conflict in the world, as Russia and Turkey relied on them to achieve their interests and ambitions in Libya and Azerbaijan, taking advantage of their difficult conditions of employment. life and the need for money.

The “New York Review of Books” website monitored the reasons that led mercenaries to jump into the fire of these battles, and spoke with a group of them, who agreed that poverty and despair were the most prominent reasons for risking their lives in wars that have nothing to do with them.

The report quoted “Abdul Basit”, a fighter from the city of Rastan (north of Homs province) in Azerbaijan, as saying: “The fighting continues. He received a large loan and his salary was not enough to pay off the debt, so he went to fight, forced to help his family financially.

Great salaries
The report indicated that the main reason for joining the fighting is money, as fighters are promised a monthly salary of $ 2,000 in Libya, but in fact around 50 percent of this amount is embezzled by commanders in Libya. field that control wages.

In Azerbaijan, fighters’ salaries were not paid as they were deployed less than a month ago, but they were made promises of between $ 600 and $ 2,500 a month in exchange for three months of military work, all of which is a lot. higher than they could earn in Syria.

The report quoted Mansour, one of the fighters, as saying that “drugs and alcohol are cheaper and more readily available in Libya than in Syria, but we spend our money on them,” adding that “a large part of our money is send our families directly so that we cannot escape by boat to Europe. ” .

Miserable reality
The British newspaper The Independent had carried out an investigation a few months ago, into the reality of the Syrian mercenaries who were sent to fight in Libya, citing Abu Ahmed (a fighter in the ranks of the reconciliation government) that the conditions of the mercenaries are “miserable”.

“Some are so desperate and want to return to their homes, to the point that some shot themselves in the legs to get out of the battle,” he added, noting that “he only agreed to fight in Libya because he assumed it was easy to board a ship of migrants to Europe “.