Motivated to avenge their families in China, Uyghur mercenaries became valued fighting partners for Syria's rebels. Their participation helped Syria's new president ultimately win Syria's civil war.

Thousands of Chinese-born Uyghur fighters fled China to fight in the Syrian civil war. They say generations of political persecution in China motivated them to take up arms.

The Syrian government has announced a ceasefire has been agreed with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) that will involve the withdrawal of the latter’s forces from areas west of the ...

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WASHINGTON - The U.S. military's role in Syria has steadily escalated since President Donald Trump took office, but even as fighting intensifies, the administration has said little to the public about ...

BEIRUT (AP) — Ahed Badawi lived for more than a decade in Bahrain, a small Gulf country that — unlike her native Syria — rarely made headlines. It provided a refuge for her, her sister and their ...

An Israeli Army reservist with 600 days of service in Gaza and Lebanon shares his motivation to fight Hamas and Hezbollah, ...