12 foreign fighters from Azerbaijan were killed in Syria last week, according to Azeri media reports. The men were fighting for the Islamic State of Iraq and as-Sham (ISIS).
One of those killed, Rufat Ashurli, was from the city of Sumqayit. At least nine men from Sumqayit have been reported killed in Syria, according to local authorities in the city.
The local authorities reported that, “Rufat Ashurli, a graduate of the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy had a younger brother who was killed in Syria a few months ago, Nijat Ashurli, born in 1985, known by the nickname Abu Yahya al-Azeri. There are five brothers, two were killed in Syria. We spoke with the other brothers, they have not fallen under the influence of the Khawarij like Nijat and Rufat, and assure (us) that under no circumstances will they go to Syria to fight.”
There are confusing reports about one of the other men reportedly killed last week, Zahid Nasirov, known as “Rabbani”, whom the Azeri police say died in Syria 9 months ago and had no higher education but spoke Arabic.
Vesti.az reports that another ISIS fighter named Jeykhun Suleiman was killed last week in Raqqa.
According to the report Suleiman was the husband of 14-year old Najaf Kerimov, who was killed on January 10 in Syria. Vesti.az writes that, in the summer of 2013 Najaf’s father traveled to fight in Syria , together with his wife and children (16 years Irada, 14 -year-old Najaf, 10 -year-old Sarah and 5 -year-old Fatima).
According to Azeri police, another man from Sumqayit, named Agil, currently fights with Jabhat al-Nusra.
Another man Nijat Ashurli, who was killed in September, was commander of one of the divisions of the group Jaish al-Muhajireen wal Ansar.
Аt the time, JMA was led by Umar Shishani and had a sizable Azeri jamaat. This post on FiSyria is an address by Abu Yahya al-Azeri. It is likely that the jamaat moved over to ISIS with Umar Shishani.
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