State adds Uzbek jihadist group to terror list | FDD's Long War Journal
Caleb Weiss
The State Department added Uzbek jihadist group Katibat Imam al Bukhari (KIB) to the US government’s list of specially designated global terrorist organizations today. State labeled KIB is the “largest Uzbek fighting force in Syria.â€
State’s designation noted that “the group has played a significant role in the fighting in northwestern Syria, fighting alongside groups including al Nusrah Front – al Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria.†KIB has joined several al Qaeda-led offensives in Syria since 2015. Those include the spring 2015 offensive that captured large swaths of Idlib province and summer offensives in Aleppo and Latakia in 2016. It has also fought alongside other al Qaeda-linked groups in Syria, including the Caucasus Emirate’s branch in the country and Ansar al Islam.
Read more at: https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2018/03/state-adds-uzbek-jihadist-group-to-terror-list.php
This really shows one that the fighting in Syria is made up of many groups, often, ethnic groups like this from Uzbekistan, a former Republic in the Soviet Union.
