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Oct 1, 2020, 6 tweets

-Rumoured killed so far 40+ #Syria #SNA fighters. Most of whom are with the Sultan Murad Brigade.
- Syrians fighting 'ferocious' mountain warfare in #NagornoKarabakh.
- Injured to be repatriated.
-List has grown to 32 names.
- 15confirmed w/near certainty. (Possibly 17 shortly)

According to one of our contacts, a unit of #Syria #SNA Fighters has been killed fighting in #NagornoKarabakh today. 8 KIA and 2 MIAs.
He's on a family WhatsApp group of one of the dead fighters. A message was sent to explain the case of the officer missing in action. 1/5
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'One of the fighters was martyred. during the assault. The major, and 2 other fighters, went to retrieve his body. On their way back, a shell exploded next to them. The major was injured and a rescue team went to get him' 2/5

'While on their way to the rescue, a mortar round exploded right in their midst. All 8 of them were killed. Another group went in after them but I've no idea what happened next. It's mayhem here. We're being kept in the dark.' 3/5

'Was the last group successful? Did they die as well? Did they save the major? No one knows.
#Azerbaijan is vast. There 50kms between hospitals. We went to the nearest 2 military hospitals. We looked everywhere from before sundown till after. Nothing' 4/5

'The #Azerbaijani army stopped us. There were many difficulties along the way, trying to find the major. We failed. Please inform his family of those details. He may not have been martyred at all' 5/5

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