 2,000 Middle East militants fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh: Russia
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Tuesday said that about 2,000 militants from the Middle East have joined the fighting over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Lavrov added that Russian President Vladimir Putin had raised this issue with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a phone call last week. The fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces erupted in September. 