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Turkey preparing Syrian mercenaries for deploying in Azerbaijan – The Guardian

armenpress.am09/28th/2020, 8:48

Turkey preparing Syrian mercenaries for deploying in Azerbaijan – The Guardian

Syrian mercenaries under Turkish control are being prepared to be deployed in Azerbaijan, ARMENPRESS reports the Guardian writes.

The Guardian notes that this potential deployment is a sign of Turkey’s growing ambitions in the region. In the frontier of Nagorno Karabakh Turkey is opening the third direction of rivalry with Moscow. Ankara is already in a confrontation with Russia in Syria and Libya and the escalation can now move to Nagorno Karabakh.

The article also refers to the announcement of the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, saying that Turkey fully supports brotherly Azerbaijan for solving Nagorno Karabakh conflict in favor of Azerbaijan.

In the early morning of September 27, the Azerbaijani military launched a massive attack on Artsakh using air force, missiles and tanks. The Azerbaijani artillery strikes targeted civilian settlements, including Stepanakert city, which resulted in several civilians being killed. Schools were also bombed. A mother and her child were killed in Martuni, Artsakh. Many other civilians were wounded. The battles continue.

The Artsakh military said 84 of its soldiers have been killed in the attacks.

According to the mili...

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