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The Syrian mercenaries used as 'cannon fodder' in Nagorno-Karabakh
It was back in August of this year that the rumours started to circulate in rebel-held areas of northern Syria: there was well-paid work to be had overseas.
"I had a friend who told me that there is a very good job you can do, just to be at military checkpoints in Azerbaijan," one man told me.
...
In an area where few earn more than $1 a day, the promised salary seemed like a godsend. It's estimated that somewhere between 1,500 and 2,000 men signed up and travelled to Azerbaijan, via Turkey, on Turkish military transport aircraft.
But the work wasn't what it seemed. The men, many of them with no military experience, were being recruited for war - as they soon discovered when they were taken to the front line and ordered to fight.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-55238803
"I had a friend who told me that there is a very good job you can do, just to be at military checkpoints in Azerbaijan," one man told me.
...
In an area where few earn more than $1 a day, the promised salary seemed like a godsend. It's estimated that somewhere between 1,500 and 2,000 men signed up and travelled to Azerbaijan, via Turkey, on Turkish military transport aircraft.
But the work wasn't what it seemed. The men, many of them with no military experience, were being recruited for war - as they soon discovered when they were taken to the front line and ordered to fight.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-55238803
"Clashes began on the morning of 27 September 2020 along the Nagorno-Karabakh Line of Contact", so they planned this well in advance.
