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Source: http://jcpa.org/chinese-troops-arrive-syria-fight-uyghur-rebels/
Chinese Troops Arrive in Syria to Fight Chinese Muslim Uyghur Rebels
(Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) Col. (ret.) Dr. Jacques Neriah - Chinese Army special forces from the "Night Tigers" unit have been dispatched by Beijing to Syria to fight the Uyghurs, the Muslim Chinese ethnic group in the rebel forces fighting the Assad regime, Arab media close to Assad reported. The Chinese military has been present in Syria since mid-2016 to train Syrian forces on Chinese-made weapons and contain the possible flow back to China of hundreds of Uyghur fighters, fully trained for guerrilla warfare. The writer, a special analyst for the Middle East at the Jerusalem Center, was Deputy Head for Assessment of Israeli Military Intelligence.