Baku: About 900 Azerbaijani terrorists killed or missing in Syria and Iraq

Baku-Sana

The Ministry of Interior of Azerbaijan revealed that about 1500 Azerbaijanis have left their country for Syria and Iraq with the aim of joining the ranks of terrorist organizations, noting that more than 900 of them are considered to be killed or missing.

The Azerbaijani Interior stated in a statement today, citing a study on “Extremism in some societal incubators in Azerbaijan” that “as of October 2018, 1477 Azerbaijanis left their country, including a thousand and 136 men and 341 women, to Syria and Iraq with the aim of joining the ranks of terrorist organizations and that 903 of These are 749 men and 154 women who are considered killed or missing. "

The ministry added that "a small portion of the participants in terrorist organizations, whose number does not exceed 309, have returned to Azerbaijan and have been tried and punished."

In September 2017, the deputy head of the State Security Service of Azerbaijan, General Ilgar Musaev, announced the withdrawal of Azerbaijani citizenship from more than 150 citizens who participated in the hostilities alongside terrorist organizations abroad.

According to the media in Azerbaijan, many Azerbaijanis have joined terrorist organizations in Syria.