Several factions of foreign fighters are credited with helping topple Syria's Bashar al-Assad nearly two years ago - among them, the Uyghurs, a predominantly Muslim, Turkic ethnic minority spread across Central Asia - notably in China's Xinjiang region. They eventually became amongst the largest...
Source: [France24](https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260930-syria-an-exclusive-look-at-the-integration-of-uyghur-fighters-in-armed-forces)