US strikes Uyghur militants in Syria: report

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[8]A suspected US-led coalition strike on a military site used by Uyghur fighters in Syria's Idlib province has renewed debate over the future of foreign fighters under the country's post-Assad government. Sources told The New Arab [9] on that an aircraft targeted a headquarters used by a faction formerly known as the Turkistan Islamic Party [10], in the al-Zainiya area near Jisr al-Shughour [11] in western Idlib. While no confirmed information has emerged regarding casualties from the strike, Syria TV [12] reported that the site was largely empty. Preliminary reports suggested a leader from Hurras al-Din [13], a former al-Qaeda affiliate which dissolved itself in January, may have been killed. (Map: PCL [14])

A suspected US-led coalition strike on a military site used by Uyghur fighters in Syria's Idlib province on June 21 has renewed debate over the future of foreign fighters under the country's post-Assad government. Sources told The New Arab [9] on that an aircraft targeted a headquarters used by a faction formerly known as the Turkistan Islamic Party [10], in the al-Zainiya area near Jisr al-Shughour [11] in western Idlib. While no confirmed information has emerged regarding casualties from the strike, Syria TV [12] reported that the site was largely empty. Preliminary reports suggested a leader from Hurras al-Din [13], a former al-Qaeda affiliate which dissolved itself in January, may have been killed.

The presence of Uyghur fighters in Syria has been a presistent concern for China [15], helping to prompt Beijing military support for the Bashar Assad regime before it was overthrown in late 2024.