Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria
The Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria (TIP;
History
TIP (ETIM) sent the "Turkistan Brigade" (
TIP has participated in:
- Northwestern Syria offensive (April–June 2015)
- Al-Ghab offensive (July–August 2015)
- Siege of Abu al-Duhur Airbase
- Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War
- Northwestern Syria offensive (October–November 2015)
- Latakia offensive (2015–2016)
- Aleppo offensive (October 2015 – present)
- Siege of Al-Fu'ah-Kafarya (2015)
- Aleppo offensive (April 2016)
- Aleppo offensive (May 2016)
Turkistan Islamic Party has exploited the Turkish Postal Service and Turkish banks to solicit donations via the organization "Türkistan İslam Derneği" through the website "Doğu Türkistan Bülteni".[27]
Child soldiers
Camps training children for Jihad are being run by the Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria.[28][29][30] Uyghur child soldiers being instructed in Sharia and training with guns were depicted in a video released by TIP.[31]
Route into Syria
According to the Jamestown Foundation, Turkish connections were used by Uyghur fighters to go into Syria and the humanitarian Uyghur East Turkistan Education and Solidarity Association (ETESA) which is located in Turkey sent Uyghurs into Syria, endorsed the killing of the pro-China Imam Juma Tayir, applauded attacks in China, and posted on its website content from the TIP.[32]
Its top commander
See also
- Jihadism
- Terrorism in China
- Xinjiang raid
- Turkistan Islamic Party
References
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- ISBN 978-0-85772-921-7.
- ^ a b "TIP Division in Syria Releases Video Promoting Cause, Inciting for Jihad". SITE Institute. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- ^ turkistanhaber (6 February 2016). "Türkistan İslam Cemaati'nden Yeni Video " Zafer Sadece Allahtan'dır 2 " |". Doguturkistanbulteni.com. Archived from the original on 29 March 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
- ^ AP Exclusive: Uighurs fighting in Syria take aim at China. Associated Press. December 22, 2017. "Uighur activists and Syrian and Chinese officials estimate that at least 5,000 Uighurs have gone to Syria to fight — though many have since left. Among those, several hundred have joined the Islamic State, according to former fighters and Syrian officials."
- ^ team, Reality Check (22 June 2019). "Syria: Who's in control of Idlib?". BBC News.
- ^ Zelin, Aaron Y. "New video message from al-Muhājirūn: "The Return of Jaysh al-Fataḥ" | JIHADOLOGY: A clearinghouse for jihādī primary source material, original analysis, and translation service". Jihadology.net. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
- ^ "China's Counter-Terrorism Calculus". Jamestown.
- ^ "Beijing, Kunming, Urumqi and Guangzhou: The Changing Landscape of Anti-Chinese Jihadists". Jamestown. Jamestown Foundation. 23 May 2014.
- ^ Zenn, Jacob (10 October 2014). "An Overview of Chinese Fighters and Anti-Chinese Militant Groups in Syria and Iraq". China Brief. 14 (19). The Jamestown Foundation. Archived from the original on 22 November 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
- ^ Lin, Dr Christina (September 2015). "Turkey's Double Standard on Terrorism" (PDF). ISPSW Strategy Series: Focus on Defense and International Security.
- ^ a b "Syrian rebels pour men and missiles into frontlines". The Fiscal Times. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ Barić, Joško (13 March 2018). "Syrian War Daily – 13th of March 2018". Archived from the original on 26 June 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
- ^ "Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria shows more 'little jihadists' | FDD's Long War Journal". FDD's Long War Journal. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
- ^ Weiss, Caleb (23 April 2015). "Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria involved in new Idlib offensive". Long War Journal.
- ^ Weiss, Caleb (30 April 2015). "Turkistan Islamic Party had significant role in recent Idlib offensive". Long War Journal.
- ^ Joscelyn, Thomas (29 September 2015). "US counterterrorism efforts in Syria: A winning strategy?". Long War Journal.
- ^ Gurcan, Metin (9 September 2015). "How the Islamic State is exploiting Asian unrest to recruit fighters". Al-Monitor. Archived from the original on 3 February 2016.
- ^ Zelin, Aaron Y. (1 May 2015). "Ṣawt al-Islām presents a new video message from Ḥizb al-Islāmī al-Turkistānī [Turkistan Islamic Party] in Bilād al-Shām: "Conquest of Jisr al-Shaghūr"". JIHADOLOGY.
- ^ "Al-Qaeda-Aligned Central Asian Militants in Syria Separate from Islamic State-Aligned IMU in Afghanistan". Jamestown.
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- ^ Hage, Mohanad (2 March 2016). "China's proxy war in Syria: Revealing the role of Uighur fighters". Al Arabiya English. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ^ "China's proxy war in Syria: Revealing the Uighur fighters' role". Saudi Gazette. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
- ^ Rodeheffer, Luke (20 September 2016). "Turkish Organizations Exploited in Terror Finance Scheme". Flashpoint - BUSINESS RISK INTELLIGENCE. Flashpoint. Archived from the original on 10 March 2017.
- ^ Weiss, Caleb (4 September 2015). "Saudi al Qaeda cleric showcases training camp for children in Syria". Long War Journal.
- ^ "TIP Division in Syria Releases Photos of Fighters, Camp for Children | Jihadist News". news.siteintelgroup.com. 30 June 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ^ "TIP Division in Syria Releases Video Photo Album Featuring Young Boys in Training Camp | Jihadist News". news.siteintelgroup.com. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ^ Roggio, Bill; Weiss, Caleb (24 September 2015). "Uighur jihadist group in Syria advertises 'little jihadists'". Long War Journal.
- ^ Zenn, Jacob (10 October 2014). "An Overview of Chinese Fighters and Anti-Chinese Militant Groups in Syria and Iraq". China Brief. 14 (19). The Jamestown Foundation. Archived from the original on 18 June 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.