Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP)

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Oslo, Waziristan, Ürümqi – TIP Uyghur Terrorism in a Global Perspective

This blog is the fourth entry in a five-part series about the Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP), an al Qaeda (AQ)-affiliated, originally Uyghur, Islamist terrorist group. Over the course of its history, TIP has gained an increasingly transnational, even...

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TIP’s Nebulous Origins—Tracing History by Aliases

This blog post is the fifth and final entry in a short series about the Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP), an al Qaeda (AQ)-affiliated, originally Uyghur, Islamist terrorist group. Like many AQ affiliates, TIP has sought refuge with the Taliban in their...

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Safe Haven or Staging Ground? The TIP Threat to China and Beyond from Taliban Afghanistan

This blog is the third entry in a four-part series about the Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP), an al Qaeda (AQ)-affiliated, originally Uyghur Islamist terrorist group. Like many AQ affiliates, TIP has sought refuge with the Taliban in their “Islamic...

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Foreign Fighters in a New Syria: How the Uyghur TIP Might Shape the Future of Terrorism

This blog is the second entry in a four-part series about the Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP), an al Qaeda (AQ)-affiliated, originally Uyghur Islamist terrorist group. While remaining an AQ-affiliate, TIP is also closely linked with Hayat Tahrir al...

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A short history of HTS and important affiliated groups in Syria

This blog is the first entry in a new four-part series about the Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP), an al Qaeda (AQ)-affiliated, originally Uyghur Islamist terrorist group. While remaining an AQ-affiliate, TIP is also closely linked with Hayat Tahrir al...