(Damascus) The Russian military has revealed that China is going to deploy its Special forces into Syria in which to combat around 2500 Chinese terrorists fighting in the region.
Two divisions of the Special Operations Forces, the “Tigers of Siberia” and the “Night Tigers”, will assist Syrian army forces in their military operations to combat the Chinese jihadist group that has committed hundreds of terrorist attacks within China. Whilst China has traditionally stayed out of the Syrian conflict directly, it has intervened to combat the spread of the Islamic East Turkestan terrorist network that has opportunistically found its way to not only Syria, but Pakistan and Afghanistan. The group has deep ties to the international al-Qaida network and fights under their regional affiliates.
In October 2012, Chinese Major general Jin Yinan stated that
the Chinese-based jihadist group had established a presence in Syria to help
its fighters gain experience and to gain an international following for its
cause in China.
