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Two more terrorists from Azerbaijan have been eliminated in Syria. According to Azerbaijani News Agency APA the information about the incident was placed in the websites of “mujahideens”.

According to APA, an Azerbaijani named Fariz who fought in the ranks of the front “Al- Nusra” was liquidated by governmental forces. It is reported that he was from Sumgait. His photos are disseminated in the network; on one of them he is alive, on the other dead.

Besides, a photo of another Azerbaijani who was killed in Syria in December of last year has been published. It is reported that the killed Azerbaijani nicknamed Ziko was from Sumgait as well.

Note that since the beginning of 2014 APA Azerbaijani News Agency has reported about the elimination of 18 terrorist from Azerbaijan in Syria.

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.