A photo was published on social media showing Turkey’s Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu shaking hands with Fahim Issa commander of the Sultan Murad jihadist unit that was deployed last year to fight alongside Azerbaijani forces in its aggressive attack on Artsakh.
American journalist Lindsey Snell posted the photo on Twitter Sunday and said that it was taken in al-Rai, Syria. The town known for being a recruitment center of mercenaries.
“Sultan Murad sent mercenaries to Karabakh and Libya. Their recruitment of minors led the US to put Turkey on a list of ‘countries that deploy child soldiers,’” Snell tweeted, referring to the latest US State Department report on Turkey using child soldiers.
Süleyman Soylu, Turkey’s Minister of Interior with Fahim Issa, commander of the Sultan Murad faction, in al-Rai, Syria.
— Lindsey Snell (@LindseySnell) December 19, 2021
Sultan Murad sent mercenaries to Karabakh and Libya. Their recruitment of minors led the US to put Turkey on a list of “countries that deploy child soldiers.” pic.twitter.com/SlFsXIgjTZ
Turkey recruited and sent Syrian mercenaries to fight for Azerbaijan against Armenia in the 2020 Nagorno Karabakh war. Despite Ankara denying this, Armenia’s authorities presented numerous evidence proving the participation of the Syrian mercenaries from the Azeri side.
The Russian foreign intelligence service had also gathered information on Sultan Murad’s participation in the Karabakh war.
The President of France Emmanuel Macron also said that his intelligence agencies have information that Turkey is sending mercenaries to Azerbaijan to fight against Armenians in Nagorno Karabakh.
Earlier in 2021, the Armenian authorities said that the investigation has revealed that Azerbaijan pre-planned the war back in June 2020 and recruited more than 2000 Syrian mercenaries and deployed them via Turkey. Azeri authorities transferred payments namely to the Suleyman Shah and Sultan Murad terror groups.
Audio recordings of the Sultan Murad fighters in Nagorno Karabakh were intercepted during the war.
Two Syrian mercenaries captured by the Armenian forces were subsequently sentenced to life in prison.
These two should be captured, tortured and executed for their criminal acts. That terrorist Turkey’s filthy agent shaking hands with that devil-worshiping Arab terrorist in particular should be given a big dose and a bitter taste of his own medicine. There is nothing more satisfying than watching Turkish scumbags like this one suffer in agony. We need to form a special group to hunt down these terrorists including all those who had a hand in 2020 war on behalf of the despicable enemy for financial gain. Just like their terrorist predecessors a century ago, these terrorists must learn they may run but that they can never hide from Armenian justice. They must not be allowed to get away with the crimes they committed without punishment.