The Turkistan Islamic Party says its main mission to ‘liberate the Muslims of East Turkistan from the Chinese occupation’

Summary

The Uyghur militant group Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP), which played a role in toppling Syria’s Assad regime, has vowed to take its fight to China.

In a propaganda video, TIP fighters declared their mission to “liberate East Turkistan” from Chinese control, referencing cities in Xinjiang.

TIP has been active in Syria for over a decade, aligned with Islamist group HTS.

While their capabilities remain unclear, TIP’s rhetoric signals potential threats to China’s global assets. Beijing may push for their extradition, raising challenges for Syria’s new government and regional stability.

    • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      17 hours ago

      Well… that’s not clear. And if they invaded Taiwan - an action that would cause catastrophic economic effects in basically every single major country in the world, because part of Taiwan’s final defense strategy is “we will melt our chip foundries to slag before we let the PRC have them” - they’ll make a staunch enemy of nearly EVERYONE. It wouldn’t be a case of “military aid”. It would be a case of “almost everyone helps Taiwan defend themselves from China”.

        • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          3·
          14 hours ago

          Again, they wouldn’t need to. Taiwan has openly stated that wrecking their own advanced industry such that it can’t be co-opted is a specific point of their strategic defense plans via a vis the PRC.

    • Loduz_247@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      17 hours ago

      The problem with the Chinese military is that they have not participated in recent conflicts.