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Two other Azerbaijani terrorists have been killed in Syria, and one of them is a teenager. According to the Azerbaijani news agency "1news.az", one of those killed is Najaf Karimov, born in 1999. This was reported by a relative of the murdered Gunel Babayeva to the site of Teleqraf.com.

"The teenager killed in Syria is the son of Namik Kerimov, who took him to the war in Syria. As noted, the Kerimovs’ family where four children grow, has left Azerbaijan in summer 2013. Baku family lived in Darnagul village," 1news.az reports.

In addition, the news agency "APA" reports that a member of "Islamic State of Iraq and Sham" group Azerbaijani terrorist aka Azad Rahman was killed by soldiers of the Syrian army. It is reported that he was a native of Sumgait and master in boxing. Agency refers to sites owned by "mujahideen."

As reported in the article, the family Azerbaijani terrorist nicknamed as Abdurrahman is currently in Syria. His brother whose name is Suleiman also fights in this country," the article reads.

In the last period of time the media reported about a number of deaths of Azerbaijani terrorists in Syria. In early April, the Turkish sites have reported that about 30 terrorists from Azerbaijan have already been killed in Syria. According to the Azerbaijani conflict scientist Arif Yunus more than 300 Islamists from Azerbaijan are fighting in Syria, Afghanistan and Pakistan. However, according to Arif Yunus and the "Facthaber” portal, over 100 Azerbaijani terrorists are fighting in Syria. Azerbaijani terrorists had even placed an online video-record calling for "jihad.

The relationship between international terrorist groups and Azerbaijan originated in the early 1990s. That time, the Azerbaijani army, having failed in the aggression against Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), retreated with losses. Trying to save the situation, the Azerbaijani leadership, headed by Heydar Aliyev attracted to the war against the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh international terrorists and members of radical groups from Afghanistan (groupings of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar), Turkey ("Grey Wolves", etc.), Chechnya (groupings Basayev and Raduyev etc.) and some other regions.

Despite the involvement in of thousands of foreign mercenaries and terrorists in the Azerbaijani army during the war, the Azerbaijani aggression against Nagorno-Karabakh Republic failed, and the Baku authorities were forced to sign an armistice with the NKR and Armenia. However, international terrorists found ties in Azerbaijan, and used them in the future. Recruitment was conducted among Azerbaijanis, who then were sent to Afghanistan and the North Caucasus, where participated in the battles against the forces of the international coalition and Russian organizations.

In recent years, the citizens of Azerbaijan are actively involved in terrorist and extremist activities in Russia, Afghanistan and Syria. In Azerbaijan the citizens are brought to criminal liability for participating in "illegal armed groups" in Afghanistan, sentenced to minor terms of imprisonment.