Media: ISIS fighters execute Azerbaijani for spying for Saudi Arabia
The Islamic State (ISIS) fighters executed an Azerbaijani who was suspected in espionage for Saudi Arabia, Azerbaijani media outlet Oxu.az reports citing the Turkish newspaper Milliyet.
According to the article, an Azerbaijani nicknamed ‘Abu Mahmud’ was executed under the guise of ‘Saudi Arabian agent.’
Azerbaijani Salafis or Wahhabis are fighting in the ranks of various terrorist groupings that operate in Syria, Afghanistan and Pakistan. According to the Azerbaijani media, almost 200 Azerbaijani terrorists were killed in Syria alone over the past three years. There have also been reports about the liquidation of commanders among the Azerbaijani terrorists.
The relationship between international terrorist groups and Azerbaijan originated in the early 1990s. Then, 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 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, Syria and Iraq.
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