WorldSyria: Exclusive look at Uyghur fighters’ integration into armed forces

Several foreign fighter factions are credited with helping topple Bashar al-Assad in Syria nearly two years ago, including Uyghurs, a predominantly Muslim Turkic minority. They later became one of the largest foreign-fighter contingents in Syria, while those who stayed and built lives there remained notably secretive.

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