Hundreds of fighters from Syrian militias allied with Turkey have joined the battling between Azerbaijan and Armenia more than the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, and hundreds additional are preparing to go, according to two Syrians involved in the effort and hard work.
Turkey promptly declared its support for Muslim-majority Azerbaijan, whose people converse a Turkic language, in the escalating conflict between two previous Soviet republics near the border with Russia—an area in which Moscow has historically been the dominant impact.
On Monday, Russian Protection Minister Sergei Shoigu elevated the situation of Center East fighters in a telephone connect with with his Turkish counterpart, Hulusi Akar. And on Tuesday, Russia warned of the attainable “transfer of terrorist fighters” from the Center East to Nagorno-Karabakh.
Turkish officials did not straight away comment on Moscow’s assertion. But the Turkish Foreign Ministry mentioned before this thirty day period that accusations it was involved in