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More Turkish-backed Syrian militants have returned from Libya, where they fought for the Government of National Accord (GNA), according to a new report by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR).
The UK-based monitoring group revealed in its report, which was released on October 2, that more than 2,200 militants had returned to Syria in the last six days.
“The Syrian Observatory learned that a new batch of mercenaries, consisting of 800 fighters, returned to Syria after the end of their contracts in Libya,” the SOHR said in the report.
Turkey has deployed more than 18,000 Syrian militants, including 350 minors, in Libya since December of 2019. So far, 9,300 have returned.
Turkish-backed Syrian militants supported GNA forces, allowing them to repel a large-scale ground attack by the Libyan National Army on the capital, Tripoli. The militants also played an important role in the capture of many areas in Libya’s western and northwestern regions.
While more Syrian militants are returning from Libya, others are departing to Azerbaijan to fight as mercenaries against Armenian forces in Nagorno-Karabakh. Between 300 and 800 militants have reportedly made it to the battlefield in the disputed area.
How, which route, is Turkey moving Syrian jihadists to Azerbaijan?
Turkey is gathering Syrians mostly under the age of 30 and they are then flown out of Turkey on aircraft from Azerbaijan.
A BBC report has just reported this in detail. It seems that all is not well in NATO La La land :)
And NATO says nothing about this. This is the real shame.
Its a disgrace, but then , NATO is now a disgrace.
turks are closet jws
I did not think that Turkey borders Azerbaijan. Turkey must be using Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan’s as land/air bridge.
time to cook the turkey
See. Syrians do some trainings for Libyans, then after the assignment as a bonus get a touristic trip to Azerbaijan and then come back
you know why Fsa is not good?
because they are created by Erdogan and Fsa trained in Turkey for many years before entering Syria and starting war
There seems to be a relative truce in Libya, hence no point to keep paying.
Yet nobody in unsc condemn and sanction Turkey’s terrorism.
yeah, this is what I find really strange
Russia, France, US make an appeal for a cease fire…but all three of them are permanent members of the UNSC and they have veto power
the other two, China and UK, I don’t think would make a fuss to pass a resolution condemning Turkey
so why not? what is really happening behind the curtains? heck, the US tried to kill Erdogan 4 years ago, and now they don’t even dare to shout at him
Smoke and mirrors.
Yeah, so great, so they can be sent to Armenia. Brainwashed kids by Wahhabi Satanists.
Erdogan’s terrorist jihadi army – a bunch of poor brainwashed scum.
Fsa they are created by Erdogan