US EditionUS gives nod to Syria to bring foreign jihadist ex-rebels into army
- The United States approved a 2025 plan by Syria's new leadership to integrate about 3,500 foreign jihadist ex-rebel fighters into the 84th Syrian army division.
- This approval came after a notable change in US policy following President Trump’s recent Middle East visit, during which he met with Syria’s new leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, and agreed to lift sanctions dating back to Assad’s regime, despite earlier insistence on excluding foreign fighters.
- Most foreign fighters are Uyghurs mainly from the Turkistan Islamic Party, who fought against Assad for over a decade and would join Syrians in the new army division under Ministry of Defence control.
- US envoy Thomas Barrack said Washington supports the integration “with transparency” and considers it safer to keep fighters within a state project to avoid them joining extremist groups like al-Qaeda or ISIS.
- The integration raises Western security concerns about militant influence in Syria but aims to stabilize fighters tied to the new Islamist-led government amid ongoing civil war tensions.
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Washington has voiced support for a plan by Damascus to incorporate thousands of foreign Islamist fighters, many of whom fought the former regime, into the ranks of Syria’s reconstituted military apparatus. When asked on June 2 whether Washington supported the plan, Thomas Barrack, U.S. ambassador to Turkey and special envoy for Syria, responded in the affirmative but said the plan should be carried out “with transparency.” Barrack said it was b…
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