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Azerbaijani killed in Syria identified

26 May 2014 14:56 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Hafiz Heydarov – APA. The Azerbaijani killed in Syria has been identified.

Thorough investigations revealed that the Azerbaijani allegedly killed near Aleppo in Syria is Sumgayit resident Elmeddin Guliyev, law enforcement bodies told APA. He graduated from Azerbaijan State University of Economics.

When the situation in Syria turned tense, he went to this country, joining the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant to fight against the government forces.

According to APA information acquired from Azerbaijanis fighting in Syria, Guliyev had previously fought against coalition troops in Afghanistan, and has gone to Syria after the situation aggravated in this country. He has long been the emir of the fighters in Homs. He is even reported to have shot down a fighter aircraft of the government forces during the battles around Homs. That is the reason government forces put a price on his head.

Elmeddin Guliyev is said to be fluent at the German and English.

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11:03

Baku. Hafiz Heydarov – APA. One more Azerbaijani has been killed in Syria.

Azerbaijanis fighters in Syria told APA that an Azerbaijani fighter known as “Yahya Azeri” has been killed by Assad forces near Aleppo.

Azerbaijani fighters have even presented a photograph of his corpse to APA.

The dead Azerbaijani’s name is unknown, but he is reported to be a Sumgayit resident.

As the situation became tense scores of Azerbaijani citizens started to go Syria and fight against the government forces within various radical groups. Nearly 100 Azerbaijanis were killed in the battles during this period. Photos of the majority of them were shared on social networks by the Mujahideen.