Little Uighur Jihadists of Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria (Photos)

A video, showing armed children, “little warriors of jihad,” have been published online by the Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP) terrorist group.

The Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP) terrorist group, consisting of Chinese Uighurs, has published online a video with armed children and called them “little warriors of jihad.” The video, dedicated to celebration of the Eid al-Adha Muslim holiday, shows footage of the recent fighting in the province of Aleppo and armed children.

Dozens of Uighur families have moved to this country from the China’s Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region (Urumqi city) during the war in Syria. Initially, Uighurs have settled in the north of Latakia province, but after the liberation of the most part of the region, they moved to the provinces of Idlib and Aleppo.

Children of Uighur jihadists are prepared to “jihad” from an early age. The Turkistan Islamic Party actively cooperates with the Al-Qaeda and takes part in fighting in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Earlier, the TIP published a video and photos of a children’s training camp, located on the territory of the Pakistan’s Tribal Zone.

The Uighur problem is rather urgent for China. In this way, supporting Uighur jihadists in Syria, the US-led block kills two birds with one stone: conducts the fight against Bashar al-Assad’s regime, and trains personnel for destabilization of the situation in the areas near the Chinese-Pakistan border.