NPR: The foreign fighters who helped topple Assad — and why China worries about them www.npr.org/2026/05/17/g... @npr.org @emilyzfeng.bsky.social #photojournalism #journalism #photography
Thousands of Uyghurs became key fighters against Syria's Assad regime. For the first time, they agreed to be interviewed. NPR spent weeks with some of them to understand why they fled China for Syria.
