Hundreds of Syrians said to be fighting in the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaija

According to family and colleagues, the ex-rebel fighter, from Maarat al-nouman in Syria’s northwest Idlib province, was among approximately 55 dead Syrians who were brought home via the Huwwar Killis border crossing with Turkey over the weekend.

All had been allegedly hired by a private Turkish security firm to fight with Azerbaijani forces against ethnic Armenians over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh.