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Moscow – Russia did not hide its anger at the transfer from Ankara of hundreds of Syrian mercenaries to participate in the war between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the Nagorno Karabakh region, indicating tension in relations between the two countries, especially as Ankara seeks to provoke crisis in traditional areas of influence in relation to Russia after it crowded it. On the influence in Syria and Libya in recent years.
Russian foreign intelligence chief Sergei Naryshkin warned on Tuesday that the escalating conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the Nagorno Karabakh enclave was attracting thousands of Islamic militants who pose a threat to Moscow.
Naryshkin said that the conflict that erupted on September 27 is drawing people, calling them “mercenaries and terrorists” from the Middle East.
He referred to the operatives of the Al-Sham Liberation Headquarters, which is active in Syria and was previously known as Jabhat al-Nusra, as well as the Hamza Division, the Sultan Murad Division and the Kurdish extremist groups that he did not name. .
“We are talking about hundreds, indeed thousands, of militants seeking to make money in a new war in Karabakh,” Naryshkin said in a statement posted on the Russian Foreign Intelligence website.
“We should be concerned that the southern Caucasus will become a new launching pad for international terrorist organizations, where militants could then cross into neighboring Azerbaijan and Armenia, including Russia,” he added.
On Tuesday, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad accused his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, of igniting the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, and said Ankara was sending fighters to the region.
In an interview with the Russian Information Agency, Assad said: “Erdogan supports the terrorists in Libya and was the main instigator of the recent conflict in Nagorno Karabakh between Azerbaijan and Armenia.”
Al-Assad added that the Syrian fighters were transferred to the conflict zone, an accusation first made by French President Emmanuel Macron, who accused Turkey of sending Syrian jihadists to fight there, which was denied by Ankara and Baku.
Regarding the involvement of Syrian fighters in the conflict, Assad said that “Damascus can confirm this.”
Observers believe that Al-Assad’s remarks represented a justification for Russia to show anger at the Turks who play the mercenary card in their traditional areas of influence, pointing out that Moscow is seeking to employ the terrorist card, which came from Assad and before. that he the French President Macron, to pressure Turkey, which has not yet found anyone standing. Faced with its strategy of generating influence in different regions defying international laws.
These observers believe that the Russian-Turkish coordination in Syria and Libya was governed by different circumstances, the most important of which is that the two countries moved in stadiums that were not a backyard for either of them, but this time the competition. he moved into a historically calculated camp over Russia, infuriating her that the Turkish defiance affects his image as a mediator. And guarantor of the implementation of agreements between the member republics of the former Soviet Union.
The secret of Turkey’s insistence on seeking help from the fighters who lost their wars in their country after they opened the doors wide to foreign interference, and will they be able to win the wars of others when they become mercenaries whose motto is killing to secure wages?
The conversation about the transfer of Syrian mercenaries from Libya to the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan is no longer mere expectations or interpretations, but became a reality after its details were revealed by trusted intelligence agencies and international media.
The Greek newspaper “Greek City Times” reported that American journalist Lindsay Snell, who had previously been abducted by Turkish-backed Syrian groups in northern Syria, wrote a tweet on Twitter confirming that the Hamza Division fighters had arrived at the capital, Baku, via Turkey.
Snell revealed that these mercenaries came mostly from Syria, but that some 70 militants were also in Libya.
Snell released an audio recording of one of the militants saying that up to 1,000 fighters would be transferred to Azerbaijan.
