Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria
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.[15]
Turkistan Islamic Party
الحزب الإسلامي التركستاني
- Abu Omar al-Turkistani † (2015–2017)[1]
- Abu Rida al-Turkistani † (2017–2017)[2]
- Ibrahim Mansour (2017–present)
2015 – present
To establish an Islamic state in Xinjiang and the entirety of Central Asia, eventually a caliphate[3]
Active
- Turkistan Islamic Party
- Battle of Victory (23 April–June 2015)
- Army of Conquest (2015–2017)[8]
- 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[14]
- 2018 Idlib crisis
- Northwestern Syria offensive (April–August 2019)
- Northwestern Syria offensive (December 2019–March 2020)