Foreign media quoting the Grand Mufti of Syria, Sheikh Ahmad Badraddin Hasuna, spread information about foreigners fighting in the country against the Assad regime. This list does not include fighters from Iran and Lebanon, fighting on the side of Bashar al-Assad.
It is noteworthy that the Grand Mufti of Syria in his information refers to the data of the British Institute of War Studies.
According to this source, 8000 citizens of Saudi Arabia, 6000 from Iraq, 4500 from Libya, 4,000 from Tunisia, 3800 from Turkey , 3500 from Egypt , 2800 from Yemen , 1700 from Chechnya , 1500 from Pakistan fight in Syria.
In addition, 900 Kuwaitis, 800 from Jordan , 360 from Turkmenistan , 350 from Somalia , 290 from the United States , 250 from Russia , 150 from France, 200 from Eritrea , 190 from Tajikistan , 150 Bosnia , 140 from Malaysia , 140 of Kosovo , 110 from Germany, as many from Canada, 100 from Azerbaijan, 100 from Albania, 100 from Indonesia , 80 from Britain and 80 from Denmark also are fighting in Syria. Official Baku has not yet responded to the statement. -05D04-
Politics
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The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (OPHRD), a joint program of the World Organization against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), has called for the urgent release of activist Rufat Safarov from prison in Azerbaijan. It has launched a campaign in support of the Azerbaijani human rights defender. https://www.omct.org/en/resources/urgent-interventions/arbitrary-detention-and-judicial-harassment-against-rufat-safarov
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This year, the laureate of the annual Nargiz Prize, awarded for efforts in the fight for democracy, was Akif Gurbanov, chairman of the board of the Resplatforma (Platform of the III Republic) movement, who is under arrest.
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The U.S. will prohibit the issuing of visas for nearly a dozen more individuals responsible for undermining democracy in Georgia, bringing the total number to over 100, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
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The President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, has expressed condolences to the President of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, following the tragic incident in the city of Magdeburg. "We are deeply shocked by the news of the deaths and injuries resulting from the tragic incident that took place at the Christmas market in Magdeburg," the message reads.
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