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Syria appoints some foreign Islamist fighters to its military

Syria’s new rulers have installed some foreign fighters including Uyghurs, a Jordanian and a Turk in the country’s armed forces as Damascus tries to shape a patchwork of rebel groups into a professional military, two Syrian sources said. The move to give official roles, including senior ones, to several jihadists may alarm some foreign governments and Syrian […]