Central Asian Fighters and Their Families in Syria: Refugees or Terrorists?
Central Asian Fighters and Their Families in Syria: Refugees or Terrorists?

Author(s): Ainur Nogayeva, Dana Akhmedyanova
Subject(s): Security and defense, Peace and Conflict Studies, Asylum, Refugees, Migration as Policy-fields
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: Migration Series; Climate change; DACA; immigrants; international policy; irregular migration; maritime security; migration policy; refugee crisis; refugee law; refugees; Rohingya; terrorism;
Summary/Abstract: The Syrian crisis is a global conflict that involve such multiple stakeholders as the Syrian government, groups of the armed opposition, Islamist groups and jihadists from around the world (including fighters from Central Asia), regional powers and global superpowers. At the same time, the Syrian crisis is a part of the Arab Spring. Formation of the so-called “Islamic State” (ISIS, or IS) and its expansion in the region complicated the situation even more.

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