Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria

Turkistan Islamic Party
الحزب الإسلامي التركستاني
Turkistan Islamic Party; الحزب الإسلامي التركستاني
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Leaders	Abu Omar al-Turkistani † (2012–2017); Abu Rida al-Turkistani † (2017–2017); Ibrahim Mansour (2017–???); Abu Omar (Kawsar) (???-2025); Zahid (???-2025);
Dates of operation	2015–2025
Motives	Overthrow of the Assad regime (until 2024); To establish an Islamic state in Xinjiang, and eventually all of Turkistan
Headquarters	Jisr al-Shughur, Idlib Governorate, Syria
Active regions	Idlib Governorate, Idlib Governorate, ; and Aleppo Governorate, Syria
Ideology	Sunni Islamism; Salafi jihadism; Wahhabism; Islamic fundamentalism; Turkistani nationalism; Uyghur nationalism; Separatism; Anti-Russian sentiment; Anti-Chinese sentiment; Anti-Alawite sentiment
Status	Dissolved, merged into the Syrian Armed Forces
Size	~4,000
Part of	Turkistan Islamic Party; Battle of Victory (23 April–June 2015); Army of Conquest (2015–2017);
Allies	al-Nusra Front (until 2017); Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (since 2017); Junud al-Makhdi; Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (until 2015); East Turkistan Education and Solidarity Association;
Opponents	Ba'athist Syria; Hezbollah; Iran Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps; ; Russia; China; United Kingdom; Syrian Democratic Forces; Turkey;
Wars	the Syrian Civil War
Website	https://www.muhsinlar.net/

The Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria (TIP) was the Syrian branch of the Turkistan Islamic Party, an armed Jihadist Uyghur group with a presence in the Syrian Civil War. While the TIP has been active in Syria, the organization's core leadership was based in Afghanistan while the organization itself was founded in Pakistan, with a small presence in its home territory of China.

At the Syrian Revolution Victory Conference, which was held on 29 January 2025, most factions of the armed opposition, including the Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria, announced their dissolution and were incorporated into the newly formed Ministry of Defense. The Syrian branch of TIP was officially integrated into the Syrian Army's 84th Division, a unit mostly recruited from non-Syrians.