SOHR: A new batch of nearly 230 Syrian militants arrived in  Azerbaijan to participate in the fighting in Karabakh

ArmInfo. Reliable sources from the Syrian Observanory (SOHR) have confirmed that a new batch of nearly 230 Syrian militants have arrived in Azerbaijan to participate in the ongoing hostilities in the Nagorno-Karabakh region on Azerbaijan's side against Armenia.

 Meanwhile, at least 22 fighters  fled the fierce fighting in Azerbaijan and returned to Syria. This is  reported by the portal https://www.syriahr.com/.

According to the source, when a new batch of militants arrived in  Azerbaijan, the total number of Syrian militants involved in the  hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh increased to at least 2,580, of which  342 fighters returned to Syria after canceling their payments. On the  other hand, Syrian Observatory activists have documented the deaths  of nine Syrian mercenaries in the fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh in the  past few hours, bringing the total death toll among Turkish-backed  factions since the Turkish government sent them to the front lines in  late September to at least 240 people, including 183 fighters, whose  bodies were delivered to Syria, and the rest of the bodies remain in  Azerbaijan. Moreover, Armenian forces have captured at least three  Syrian militants.

The publication notes that Turkey is struggling to recruit more  militants to be sent to the Nagorno- Karabakh region, since most of  the militants refuse to fight along with the Azerbaijani forces due  to the sectarian factor and large human losses among the mercenaries.  Some of the militants sent to Azerbaijan did not even know that the  Azerbaijani forces belonged to the Shiite community, and the  revelation of this fact prompted many militants to return to Syria  immediately after they learned about it, not to mention the harsh  conditions of the fighting.