Russia’s FIS head: Thousands of radicals being transferred to NK conflict zone

According to the information of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Russia, mercenaries from terrorist organizations of the Middle East are being transferred to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict zone, head of the service Sergey Naryshkin said.

He stressed that the militias are particularly from Jabhat al-Nusra, Firqat al-Hamza and Sultan Murad as well as from extremist Kurdish groups.

“And I am speaking of hundreds and already thousands radicals expecting to earn on new Karabakh war,” Naryshkin said in a statement, Interfax reports.

“We have no doubts that with the assistance of the international community the conflicting parties will finally end use of force and will sit at the table of negotiations,” Naryshkin stated.

“We cannot though stop worrying that the South Caucasus may become new foothold for the international terrorist organizations from where the militias will in future try to penetrate to the neighboring countries of Armenia and Azerbaijan, including to Russia,” he said.