Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria

Turkistan Islamic Party
الحزب الإسلامي التركستاني
Turkistan Islamic Party; الحزب الإسلامي التركستاني
	Flag of the Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria
Leaders	Abu Omar al-Turkistani † (2015–2017); Abu Rida al-Turkistani † (2017–2017); Ibrahim Mansour (2017–present);
Dates of operation	2015 – present
Motives	To establish an Islamic state in Xinjiang and the entirety of Central Asia, eventually a caliphate
Headquarters	Jisr al-Shughur, Idlib Governorate, Syria
Active regions	Idlib Governorate, Latakia Governorate, ; and Aleppo Governorate, Syria
Ideology	Sunni Islamism; Jihadism; Islamic fundamentalism; Pan-Islamism; Uyghur nationalism; Anti-Russian sentiment; Anti-Chinese sentiment
Status	Active
Size	~4,000
Part of	Turkistan Islamic Party; Battle of Victory (23 April–June 2015); Army of Conquest (2015–2017);
Allies	Tahrir al-Sham al-Nusra Front; ; Junud al-Makhdi; Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (until 2015); East Turkistan Education and Solidarity Association; Turkey;
Opponents	Syria; Hezbollah; Iran Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps; ; Russia; China; United States; United Kingdom; Syrian Democratic Forces;
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War Northwestern Syria offensive (April–June 2015); Al-Ghab offensive (July–August 2015); Siege of Abu al-Duhur Airbase; Russian military intervention in Syria; Northwestern Syria offensive (October–November 2015); Latakia offensive (2015–2016); Aleppo offensive (October–December 2015); Siege of al-Fu'ah and Kafriya; 2016 Southern Aleppo campaign; Aleppo offensive (July–August 2016); Aleppo offensive (August–September 2016); Aleppo offensive (October–November 2016); Idlib Governorate clashes (January–March 2017); 2017 Hama offensive; Idlib Governorate clashes (July 2017); Northwestern Syria campaign (October 2017–present); Turkish military operation in Idlib Governorate; 2018 Idlib crisis; Northwestern Syria offensive (April–August 2019); Northwestern Syria offensive (December 2019–March 2020);

The Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria (TIP; Arabic: الحزب الإسلامي التركستاني في سوريا Turkish: Türkistan İslam Partisi, Chinese: 突厥斯坦伊斯兰党) is the Syrian branch of the Turkistan Islamic Party, an armed Uyghur Jihadist group with a presence in the Syrian Civil War. While the TIP has been active in Syria, the organization's core leadership is based in Afghanistan and Pakistan, with a presence in its home territory of China.

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