Uyghur fighters in Syria vow to come for China next

A Uyghur militant group that helped to topple Bashar-al Assad has vowed to take the fight to China.

The Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP) threatened Beijing in a video released on Dec 8, the day the Syrian regime collapsed, showing its fighters holding machine guns and wearing military fatigues.

“Now here in Syria, in all the cities here, we fight for Allah, and we will continue to do this in our Urumchi, Aqsu and Kashgar in the future,” said one masked man, listing cities in China’s Xinjiang region, from where the Uyghurs hail. “We will chase the Chinese infidels away.”

Using the Uyghurs’ preferred name for their homeland, he added: “We have fought in Homs, in Idlib and we will continue the fight in East Turkistan.

“Allah has given us a victory here. May he also grant us a victory in our own land.”

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[durgan]

I don't see China being worried about this group.

[jakeg]

Just because they want to fight a bad regime, does not make them the good guys

[charliefasurf]

Ah the constant shifting between "freedom fighters" and "terrorists" depending which side they benefit.

[naomi]

I love how they all of a sudden become freedom fighters😂 instead of terrorists when they try to attack China.

[Eyewatch]

That's why I like western media when these fighters are fighting in their interest they said they are freedom fighters and when they attack them they said they are terriost wow

[Austine]

The difference btw a terrorist group and a rebel is which one the CIA is currently funding against an adversary

[lenamarciniak]

After Syria - Freedom for Scotland!!! Freedom for Texas!!!!

[skeletonproblems]

The CIA is about to give these people so much money.

[sjappiyah]

Syria got Uyghurs too ???? Bruh Syria a GTA server at this point 😭

[montanabyk]

It begs the question: Who funds these guys?

[rogerboniface]

So China was correct about them all along.

[stephenhan]

A day without hypocrisy is a day wasted in the west.

[TsumTsumMax]

Does anyone ever wonder how these guys suddenly have all this military equipment? This is some great propaganda.

[holyarmor]

Imagine the Telegraph spreading islamic propaganda

[Oceansta]

Suddenly, they're the good guys coz they want to fight China 😆

[TheLilleyPad]

What the heck is this? A promotion for TIP?

[piririridongdongcingciangcong]

No offence, but how do they plan to achieve anything against China?
They are small rebel group.

[VICE-HRO]

I notice the Free Uyghur spokespersons talk so fondly of Israel but show wrath when talking about China.

[m.shahbaz]

Looks like Telegraph is quite explicitly hoping TIP targets Chinese projects, is this a news channel or a lobbying group?

[yuguonie]

Terrorists are called to be fighters when claim to anti China. What a double standard.