Turkey has transferred 1,200 special forces to the conflict zone in Nagorno-Karabakh. This became known to the WarGonzo Telegram channel from sources in Istanbul.
According to the channel's interlocutors, Ankara transferred mountain special forces from Turkish Kurdistan to Baku and then to Karabakh.
It is clarified that “specialists from Turkey had to replace the Azerbaijani special forces, which cannot withstand direct clashes with partisans and militias” of Nagorno-Karabakh in the mountain ranges. First of all, we are talking about the southern front and the Dzhebrailo-Hadrut direction.
The day before, on October 23, Novaya Gazeta disclosed the mechanism for recruiting Syrian mercenaries to participate in the battles in Nagorno-Karabakh on the side of Azerbaijan. According to the newspaper, several groups of militants from Idlib and southern Turkey were recruiting at once. It was entrusted, in particular, to one of the commanders of the Syrian National Army formed under the auspices of Turkey, Mustafa Seyjari, the leader of the Hamza brigade Seif Abu Bakr and the leader of the Suleiman Shah brigade Abu Amshu.
The fact that Syrian mercenaries, supported by Turkey, were sent to fight in Nagorno-Karabakh, became known in early October. Armenia stated that four thousand militants are fighting on the side of Azerbaijan. However, after a while, according to The Wall Street Journal, hundreds of mercenaries asked to return because of the fierce fighting. Freelance journalist Lindsay Snell, however, claims that the militants continue to fight in the region: Turkey is allegedly transporting them from Libya. The Turkish authorities deny all charges, Baku, in turn, said that it is Yerevan that attracts foreign mercenaries.
The situation in Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) escalated sharply on September 27. Armenia and Azerbaijan made a decision on a ceasefire for humanitarian reasons from October 18 at 00:00 local time. At the same time, the sides accused each other of shelling positions on the line of demarcation and non-observance of the ceasefire.
