Azerbaijani MFA: Issue of Azerbaijani Women Connected with ISIS Being Investigated
Baku / 10.11.17 / Turan: Iraqi military detained about 200 Azerbaijani women connected with ISIS.
The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry, commenting on this news disseminated in foreign media, notes that the issue is not new. "We are in constant contact with the relevant structures of Iraq on this issue," said the head of the Foreign Ministry's press service, Hikmet Hajiyev. According to him, every fact will be investigated and studied.
Note that one of the Iraqi MPs reported on the detention of 200 Azerbaijani and 512 Russian women who are currently under arrest in prison.
The State Security Service of Azerbaijan noted about the presence of 900 Azerbaijanis in the ranks of ISIS, out of which 151 returned to Azerbaijan and were convicted. -0-
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