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On September 10, the young “Muhammad A.”, who resides in a camp in the Idlib camp, on the Syrian-Turkish border, moved to the Afrin region in the Aleppo camp and arrived at a camp belonging to to the “Sultan Murad” faction with two of his companions.
This was the first stop for those Syrians, who decided to go to Azerbaijan to “guard the Turkish bases”, after a broker (a local broker) offered them as described, with whom they had contacted via the “WhatsApp” application, days before getting ready to leave.
Muhammad, who requested that his full name not be used for fear of being subjected to “security problems”, told Al-Hurra’s website that he spent two days with his companions in the camp, which included dozens of fighters. heavily armed, to be transported in the cars of said faction (Sultan Murad) to another area called “Hawar Kilis”, a city near the border with Turkey in the northern Aleppo countryside.
This area is considered a meeting point for Syrian fighters, before they were transferred to the interior of Turkey, and then to Azerbaijan, through military aircraft (Yushun).
Muhammad says the main factor that led him to consider going to Azerbaijan is “poverty” and the lack of job opportunities in northern Syria, which is under the control of the Syrian opposition factions, according to him.
The young man explained to the Al-Hurra website that he received an economic offer to go to that front, worth a thousand dollars, as long as he worked to protect the Turkish bases in the region, far from fighting directly on the fronts, which was different from the truth, on the ground. .
With the intensification of the battles between Azerbaijan and Armenia in the vicinity of the Nagorno Karabakh region, several reports spoke of the arrival of Syrian fighters in the region, to participate in the war for the benefit of the Azerbaijani army. The Syrian for Human Rights “, in several reports, despite denials from Ankara.
But the arrival of the fighters was only possible with the support of Ankara, whose lands are the crossing bridge from the Aleppo countryside to the Caucasus region, and it is considered the spearhead in that, and the leaks and confirmations that are published are from the newly arrived combatants, with whom he spoke. Al-Hurra, and his relatives, confirm these reports.
Transit from Turkey
After the arrival of the young man, “Muhammad” at the meeting area in the town of “Hawar Kilis”, he was transported with more than 150 combatants in passenger buses to the Turkish city of Antakya, and from its airport they were transported by airplanes ” Yushen “to Istanbul, then to the Turkish capital, Ankara, which was the last stop on His flight, before being transported by military aircraft to the Azerbaijani capital, Baku.
“We arrived in the capital, Baku, and then we were transported by buses to the outskirts of Nagorno Karabakh,” Muhammad said, adding that “the details of the offer at this stage changed the idea of guarding the Turkish points to participate in the fight. on the fronts against the Armenian army. “
He added: “After reaching the borders of the region, we stayed in a camp for a day, and on the second day they dragged us to the fronts to fight,” noting that he was able, with various military groups, to control areas of about four kilometers. squares daily.
Speaking with Al-Hurra, the young man estimated the number of Syrian fighters in Azerbaijan at about 1,500.
According to him, the agents came from various factions affiliated with the National Army, including the Hamza Division, Sultan Murad and the Suleiman Shah Brigade, nicknamed “Al-Amshat” in honor of its commander, Muhammad al-Jasim Abu Amsha.
The aforementioned factions receive military and logistical support from Turkey, and are active in northern Syria, especially in the “Euphrates Shield” and the “Olive Branch”, as well as the “Fountain of Peace” in eastern Syria. Syria.
According to what local activists from the Aleppo camp said in statements to the Al-Hurra site, the departure of Syrian fighters to Azerbaijan is mainly coordinated by the aforementioned factions, who have recently deployed local mediators affiliated with them (intermediaries), to promote the idea of fighting in the Nagorno Karabakh region. In exchange for exorbitant sums of money.
And the Armenian ambassador in Moscow had said earlier last month that Turkey had sent some 4,000 fighters from northern Syria to Azerbaijan while fighting there, which was denied by an aide to Ilham Aliyev, the president of Azerbaijan.
Armenia also said that Turkish military experts are fighting alongside Azerbaijan in “Nagorno Karabakh”, also noting that Ankara provided drones and fighter jets.
On the other hand, Azerbaijan denied the validity of these reports. Hikmat Hajiyev, Azerbaijan’s assistant to the president for foreign policy, said saying that Syrian fighters are coming to help his country is “complete nonsense”, adding: “Our armed forces have enough personnel and reserve forces.”
Turkey also denied this news, as a Turkish Defense Ministry spokesman said Ankara’s support is represented in the military advice and training of the Azerbaijani armed forces, adding that “the Turkish Defense Ministry does not recruit militants or the transferred to nowhere in the world. “
