DUSHANBE, April 25, 2014, Asia-Plus — The Interior Ministry reports that one more Tajik has been killed in fighting in Syria.
According to the Interior Ministry press center, resident of the Tajik northern city of Isfara, Masrour Ibrohimov, who was fighting on the side of antigovernment forces in Syria, was killed on April 22.
Besides, Tajik police have established that resident of the village of Chorqishloq in Isfara, Ilhom Hakimov, 28, is also fighting on the side of rebels in Syria. His brothers, Nouriddin and Qayum, have reportedly helped him take his family to Syria.
We will recall that in December, Tajikistan”s Supreme Court sentenced five of the country”s citizens to around two years in jail for fighting on the side of antigovernment forces in Syria. The five were reportedly students at the Syrian International University who decided to join Syrian rebel forces. All five were detained in October when they returned to Tajikistan. Since Tajikistan does not have a law against “mercenaries,” the five were charged with “participation in a criminal group or in other armed groups.”
In a statement released in December last year, Syrian mufti noted that more than 190 Tajik are fighting in Syria on the side of rebel forces.
Last year, there were reports that several Tajik nationals were killed in fighting in Syria.
