SYRIA

Similar to Libya and Azerbaijan | Turkey continues to equip about 1,000 mercenaries from “Al-Sultan Murad” faction for combat mission

On Jan 21, 2024

SOHR sources reported that “Al-Sultan Murad” faction, which is part of the Turkish-backed “National Army”, is still working on equipping and preparing fighters to go on a combat mission to “Niger”, under the supervision of the Turkish army, where the faction will impose a financial royalty of 200 USD for each member that will go on this mission will be deducted from its monthly salary which is 1,500 USD, while the fighter will be given an initial payment of his salary of 200 USD before his launch.
According to sources, the faction stipulated that the fighters who are going on this combat mission should to take mobile phones, as they will be prevented from communicating with their relatives once they leave Syria.
Turkey exploits the situation of many young men within areas it controls, and the large deterioration in living conditions, especially among the displaced people in the camps, to recruit them and turn them into mercenaries to participate in military operations that serve its interests outside the Syrian borders, similar to what it did previously in throwing them into the battles in Libya and Azerbaijan.
On January 19, SOHR reported that a new patch of more than 1,000 Syrian mercenaries, who are dealing with Turkey to carry out military operations, are being prepared to go to Turkish military camps to undergo training in Turkey, to then travel to fight in Niger along with the “NATO”.
The fighters belong to the Turkish-backed “Al-Sultan Murad” (Turkmen) Faction, where they are mostly civilians who were lured by the large salary that reaches 1,500 USDs.
According to reliable SOHR sources, the number of fighters will reach 5,000 fighters during the coming period, where the Turkish army and officers would supervise the fighting operations in Niger.
Moreover, countries of “NATO” would provide logistic and military support to fighters.