Journalist Who Wrote About Arms Supply to Terrorists in Baku Dismissed from Job

Bulgarian newspaper Trud journalist Dilyana Gaytandzhieva, author of an article regarding the supply of weapons to terrorists by the Azerbaijani state airline, has been dismissed from her job. Gaytandzhieva announced this on her Facebook page.

“Today, when I was interrogated by the National Security Agency regarding classified documents that mentioned the supply of weapons to terrorists in Syria, I was dismissed from my job. In a few days, I will have to return to Syria to continue my work,” wrote Gaytandzhieva.

The journalist did not rule out that the controversial publication could also be removed from the publication's pages.

In early July, Trud reported that Azerbaijan's Silk Way Airlines had carried out 350 arms deliveries. Each time, under diplomatic cover, dozens of tons of weapons were delivered, including for radical Islamists in Syria.

The published documents also talked about delivering white phosphorus “via diplomatic mail,” which Baku used for fabrications in Artsakh.

“In 2016, Azerbaijan accused Armenia of using white phosphorus. Armenia denied the accusations and stated that it was a fabrication, as the claim was based solely on one unexploded missile found by Azerbaijani soldiers. According to the documents from the Azerbaijani embassy in Bulgaria, munitions with white phosphorus were delivered to Azerbaijan in 2015,” the publication states.

It was also previously reported that classified documents from the Azerbaijani embassy in Bulgaria show arms transfers to ISIS terrorists in Syria.