🇸🇾❌🇨🇳 — A Stab in the Turkic’s back? AFP claims that the Syrian Transitional Government wants to hand over the Uyghur fighters that fought for HTS against Assad to Communist China
➡️ Syrian authorities reportedly intend to hand over fighters from China’s Uyghur minority to Beijing, two sources told AFP on Monday, as Damascus’ Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani makes his first visit to the country.
➡️ The issue of the Uyghur fighters was expected to be on al-Shaibani’s agenda in Beijing, a Syrian government source told AFP on condition of anonymity, adding that “based on China’s request, Damascus intends to hand over the fighters in batches.”
🇨🇳 A diplomatic source in Syria, also requesting anonymity, told AFP that “Syria intends to hand over 400 Uyghur fighters to China in the coming period.”
➡️ Citing an “official source” in the Syrian foreign ministry, Syria’s official SANA news agency later on Monday denied the AFP report.
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