On November 28, a photo showing two uniformed men holding a black banner in front of Yukhari Govhar Agha Mosque in Shusha’s town center in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh surfaced on social media.
A number of Armenian sources and activists claimed that the photo showed two Turkish-backed Syrian mercenaries holding a jihad banner.
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While it’s true that hundreds of Syrian mercenaries supported Azerbaijan’s attack on Nagorno-Karabakh, the uniformed men seen in the photo cannot be Syrians and the banner they are holding is not affiliated with jihadism.
The banner seen in the photo bears the Arabic phrase “Ya Hussain,” which is only used by Shiites to invoke the memory or intervention of Hussain ibn Ali, the grandson of prophet Muhammad.
Syrian mercenaries who fought with Azerbaijani forces in Nagorno-Karabakh were radical Sunnis, who are infamous for opposing and despising Shiite ideology.
The uniformed men seen in the photo from Shusha were most likely Azerbaijani service members. The vast majority of Azerbaijan’s population are Shiites.
Most Syrian militants were fighting to overthrow the regime in their country because it was “secular” and allied to Shiite Iran. However, when offered money, they didn’t mind fighting alongside Shiites in a foreign land.
great discovery and a wonderful clarification, those Armenians are in a deep confusement distinguishing between Hassan (slallalala) and Hussein (llallalaall) u fkn idiots
Another attempt of Nikol Pashinyan to play victim and look for external explanation of catastrophic defeat. To convince gullible Armenians that it was not his total betrayal that is main reason for such defeat but presence of terrorist Zionist-jihadists, financed and supported (among others) not only by Turkey but by his beloved France, US, UK. all presented as “friends of Armenia”.
It said “Ya Hussain”. Yā Hussain (Arabic: يا حسين, romanized: Yā Ḥusayn) is an Arabic phrase used by Shia Muslims to invoke the memory or intervention of Hussain ibn Ali. It is especially used in the context of the Mourning of Muharram. (Azer are Shia Muslims). A fuking ape would know that…or do they think people don’t have internet there?
What idiots, that is a Shia battle cry and no self-respecting Wahhabi headchopper would be flying that. This shows the level of Armenian desperation. This will alienate both Azerbaijan and Iran, who are Shia majority states.
Why would Syrian Jihadis be holding a YA HUSEIN Shia sign? Armenians have gone blotto.
Salafist Jihadis with Shia, YA HUSSAIN banner, Armenians must be good at stand up comedy.
I doubt SF is here to eagerly fix Iran’s problems.
No worries for Iran. They protect their frontier well, no need for being alarmed. If those Zio-terrorists are not controlled by Azerbaijan and they make some problems to Iran on their own initiative than Iran will make huge problem to Azerbaijan. The same goes for Russia. So really terrorists are not problem, Azerbaijan must control them.