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00:00:04important in this discussion. Excuse me for
00:00:13In Homs governorate, the general intelligence thwarts
00:00:16a terrorist plot to target the oil
00:00:19refinery there. This is something that may be
00:00:23in matters, normal in light of the events that the country
00:00:26is going through. However, what is not normal is that
00:00:30this news comes in the context of a series of previous
00:00:33attacks on energy sites and lines
00:00:36there. Also, another thing happened concurrently
00:00:40with that. The general intelligence service overthrew
00:00:43a cell belonging to ISIS in Deir
00:00:47ez-Zor. What is the important thing in this news? The important
00:00:51thing is that this
00:00:54to arming. cell had carried out a series
00:00:56warfare, in many of assassinations, and the last of them was targeting a member of the Ministry
00:01:00of Defense and targeting members of the Ministry
00:01:03of Defense is a matter that must
00:01:06be looked into deeply, as well as
00:01:08the targeting of power stations and lines. Is
00:01:13and incursions into there a connection, I wonder, between the two matters, or is it just a
00:01:17coincidence in events? What
00:01:19is the extent of the development of the work of the security services? Have
00:01:23the security services succeeded in building an intelligence
00:01:26system capable of dismantling
00:01:31capabilities, despite their modesty, networks before they carry out their attacks, or is
00:01:33the multiplicity of threats necessitating a broader
00:01:37review of the security strategy? These questions
00:01:40and many others will be discussed
00:01:42and put on
00:02:02to discuss ISIS's work in
00:02:06So, the Internal Security Forces announced the arrest of a cell belonging
00:02:10consider it the primary threat protect. Okay, now in today's episode, on to the terrorist ISIS organization in Deir ez-Zor
00:02:13following a precise intelligence
00:02:16follow-up. Investigations confirmed the cell's involvement in a series
00:02:21studies indicate, I agree with of assassination operations in the governorate, the last of which was targeting a member of the Ministry
00:02:25of Defense in Al-Mayadeen. Meanwhile, the General Intelligence
00:02:29Directorate thwarted a terrorist plot to target
00:02:38we must look at what is happening in the table.
00:02:42Security experts and strategic
00:02:46runs parallel to files say that the security situation is not measured only by what succeeds in
00:02:49being dismantled, but also by what can be discovered before it
00:02:53turns into a danger. From
00:02:57harm parties at the regional Homs to Deir ez-Zor and all Syrian governorates, security and intelligence
00:03:01events have accelerated and intertwined. Challenges
00:03:04to stability have intertwined with the legacy of long years of
00:03:07conflict, until the security battle began
00:03:09to be more than just pursuing
00:03:11that Iran left in armed men
00:03:12the region despite its withdrawal from and arresting those involved.
00:03:15Now I will not delve into operations because its capabilities have indeed It is a battle to protect the state
00:03:18and its institutions and vital
00:03:23and the Deir ez-Zor desert, and the Badia were liberated from facilities. In the past hours, the security scene witnessed
00:03:26month, we witnessed a kind of two simultaneous
00:03:27escalation in developments. The General
00:03:30Intelligence thwarted a terrorist plot to target
00:03:34the region. This Homs refinery, one of the basic
00:03:37we found many pillars for securing oil
00:03:38and some economic derivatives.
00:03:39of operations was reduced to eight, and even in
00:03:40targets in In parallel with a security operation in Deir ez-Zor that ended with the arrest of
00:03:43a two-person cell linked
00:03:46to ISIS.
00:03:48Yes, I do not deny there was an escalation in Investigations revealed the involvement of those arrested in a series of assassinations
00:03:56of attacks on shows, going back to in the governorate, the last of which was the martyrdom of a member of the Ministry of Defense in the city of Al-Mayadeen. And here we must pause at the targeting
00:04:00of a member of the Ministry
00:04:01There are many of Defense and the subsequent questions about
00:04:04the reasons, goals, and repercussions. The Internal
00:04:07Security seized weapons and ammunition in the cell's
00:04:11hideout, while investigations continue
00:04:15militias and their shield in regarding it. But the importance of these
00:04:18developments does not lie in the number of those arrested
00:04:23you to Syrian News for or the thwarted plots, for the targeting of Homs refinery puts energy security at the core
00:04:27of the equation, especially since the targeting is not
00:04:30the first of its kind, but
00:04:32that seek to undermine comes after a series of attacks on energy sites and
00:04:35lines. While
00:04:39and Iranian agencies in ISIS, in my estimation, in regime from the assassination incident in Deir ez-Zor raises the question
00:04:41of sleeper cells and their ability to move
00:04:44and execute despite the ongoing operations
00:04:47against them and the significant reduction in
00:04:52second on their danger. The important question in these
00:04:53the list. Yes, ISIS is among developments arises about the possibility of linking
00:04:56them, or whether they are scattered movements
00:05:00that coincide with different
00:05:04And Israel ranks goals.
00:05:08For discussion on the table in this
00:05:11episode, I am pleased
00:05:47there is no doubt, there is no disagreement, whether
00:05:51inside Syria or perhaps even outside Syria, that
00:05:54the state is targeted on more
00:05:57than one level, and perhaps from more than one
00:06:00side. But the most important question is, are
00:06:04we facing the targeting as required?
00:06:07Some say that there are still shortcomings
00:06:10in some security aspects. Is this accurate or not?
00:06:20topic and we must be precise in describing all
00:06:24cases. Yes, indeed, Syria is going through
00:06:26a sensitive transitional period, and
00:06:30the state is still rebuilding and restructuring
00:06:33its security, military,
00:06:36and police institutions. There are threats from the legacy of the former
00:06:40regime or from the legacy of the past war. The state is facing
00:06:43them and dealing with them in different ways. In the midst
00:06:46of this security war, today there are no longer military battles,
00:06:50battles on the field, or direct confrontations. Today, we are facing
00:06:53the scene of a security battle, which is naturally
00:06:57more dangerous and more
00:07:01state because it is not like a clear, direct field
00:07:04war where your enemy is in front of you.
00:07:07In a security war, the enemy can come
00:07:10from between your fingers or from behind your back and stab you.
00:07:13Therefore, the challenges are great
00:07:16in the midst of modest
00:07:19capabilities. In my opinion and estimation, the Syrian
00:07:23state, with its nascent agencies,
00:07:26which are progressing steadily,
00:07:29is doing a fairly good job and to a large extent in
00:07:33confronting these terrorist threats. Today we are talking about
00:07:35your episode, an episode about the threat of the terrorist organization of ISIS. The threat of the terrorist
00:07:39organization of ISIS is the primary threat that threatens the Syrian state
00:07:42today. ISIS is the primary
00:07:46one, and not other parties. There are
00:07:49other parties that can be discussed at length, but
00:07:52let's focus on ISIS because the situation is complicated
00:08:00I saw, there was a
00:08:04period of calm and
00:08:07forced media silence from the organization during the past
00:08:10summer. Forced media silence. The organization does not claim all
00:08:14the operations it carries out in Syria. Yes. Until
00:08:18it came, forced. Why forced? You say forced? Forced for security
00:08:21reasons specific to the organization itself. It does not want to reveal its sources, or it
00:08:24means there were many failed operations that
00:08:28the organization did not succeed in carrying out or achieving its goals
00:08:32as a result of the proactive security operations carried out by the Syrian
00:08:35state. Okay, until last
00:08:40operations, to be precise. Operations that
00:08:43I describe as easy
00:08:45targets in open areas
00:08:52areas that are not fully protected.
00:08:55If you remember, during last July,
00:09:00improvised explosive device operations in the capital, Damascus, and its suburbs.
00:09:04The terrorist organization was able
00:09:19Yes, there is more than one party, but each operation has its own pattern,
00:09:22its own party behind it.
00:09:26But I recall, for example, the operations that took place during
00:09:29President Macron's visit. They were a terrorist bombing of
00:09:33a kind. It was certainly with a high probability that
00:09:36ISIS was behind them. These operations ended today. There are no longer operations
00:09:40that we witness by ISIS inside.
00:09:43Therefore, as a result of various reasons, one of which is why
00:09:46they ended. You are asserting that they ended. We will not see this type now.
00:09:50They have sharply declined. Yes, they have sharply declined. Well, what is the reason
00:09:54for the decline? The reason for the decline is that there are intelligence
00:09:57capabilities added to the Syrian security agencies, and there are also logistical
00:10:00tools added inside cities. More about these
00:10:04logistical tools, for example, we used to offer advice to the Ministry
00:10:07of Interior and intelligence agencies to increase the number of cameras,
00:10:11the number of surveillance cameras.
00:10:25failed completely, and this is a great achievement for
00:10:28the new Syrian administration. When ISIS failed
00:10:31in this strategy, it resorted to compensation. How is
00:10:35compensation made? Compensation is made by fleeing towards easy
00:10:38targets. For example, members of the Ministry of Defense
00:10:41or road security or customs officers. These
00:10:45are heavily present in open areas and on agricultural
00:10:49roads and on roads where sometimes they are
00:10:52in their special military uniform and in their car also
00:10:55with their slogans and in areas where they are heavily present
00:10:58and it is easy to target them. Therefore,
00:11:01the organization resorts to these easy targets. It also resorted to targeting some
00:11:05economic targets. If you watch, there
00:11:08was an escalation in the economic war launched by the organization against
00:11:12the Syrian state, to be clear. When its strategy
00:11:15failed in the cities, it resorted to economic warfare and easy targets.
00:11:18Even in economic
00:11:21cases, it did not succeed in targeting sensitive
00:11:24sites within power stations. In some specific
00:11:27cases, such as the Tishreen power plant, it succeeded in targeting a point
00:11:31of great importance within the plant, but most
00:11:35of the targets were either oil pipelines in open
00:11:38desert areas that are not fully protected, some
00:11:42targets of Iraqi oil tankers that transport
00:11:45oil, and these are also easy targets. But generally,
00:11:48the dangerous organization still exists, so that the viewer is aware,
00:11:52but the Syrian security
00:11:56despite the limited capabilities, are developing themselves
00:11:59autonomously and can pursue these threats and uncover
00:12:03them. The danger still exists. I will give you a simple example regarding
00:12:06the targeting of cities. There was a preemptive
00:12:10operation in the city of Al-Tal
00:12:12that thwarted a cell of ISIS. This very cell
00:12:16was involved in planting an IED in the same area, but the IED did not
00:12:19cause any losses. After this operation,
00:12:23we did not hear of any ISIS operation in city centers and in
00:12:26urban areas. This indicates that the organization is fleeing from city centers to
00:12:30open areas to economic targets that the state cannot
00:12:35the table, we are discussing targeting in general. You see, from your perspective, that
00:12:39the biggest danger now comes from ISIS. Yes, indeed. Do you agree with that, Mr.
00:12:43Ali? In fact, all
00:12:46Mr. Diaa on this matter, because all studies indicate, including the UN Security Council
00:12:50report issued in August, that
00:12:54ISIS is a fundamental threat to security in Syria,
00:12:57and it talks about the organization's strategies
00:13:00for targeting. It talks about how these
00:13:03strategies are changing. If you refer to previous reports, it has
00:13:07an almost monthly report and also reports covering previous
00:13:10years. It states that the Islamic State organization has
00:13:13updated its targeting strategy within Syria.
00:13:17It talks about a strategy of targeting government
00:13:20officials because the organization explicitly adopted
00:13:24hostility towards the government. It
00:13:26adopted a strategy of attacking checkpoints, as Mr. Diaa
00:13:29mentioned. Therefore, police officers,
00:13:32road security officers, and security officers.
00:13:36It also adopted hit-and-run
00:13:39declined recently. If we notice that
00:13:42since Syria
00:13:44joined the international coalition to fight ISIS in late, perhaps
00:13:48November 2025,
00:13:52if we look at the reports and the level of operations carried out by the organization,
00:13:56we would find, for example, that in May
00:14:002026, the number
00:14:04the months before and after 2026, within
00:14:07these limits. But in 2025, the number of operations
00:14:10reached 40, at
00:14:13an average of 39 operations per month for 2025. This
00:14:18the question you asked Mr. Diaa, whether the state succeeded. Yes,
00:14:22the state succeeded. Just reducing this
00:14:25number to this percentage is considered a great
00:14:28success, with the acknowledgment that
00:14:32the matter requires great efforts and that the state is still building
00:14:34its security forces and agencies to confront
00:14:38ISIS. Yes, but there is no shortcoming from
00:14:42the agencies in some aspects. I do not believe
00:14:46that there is a shortcoming. In fact, ISIS
00:14:49carries out operations in other
00:14:52countries that have highly
00:14:56fortified security and military structures. This happens in Turkey and Jordan,
00:15:00for example. This happens in Jordan. We notice that it carries out
00:15:03qualitative operations. But the strategy today in Syria, as we mentioned, perhaps
00:15:07another element has been added and this is what the UN
00:15:10Security Council spoke about in its August report:
00:15:14an attempt to create sectarian strife between the components.
00:15:17So it set a goal for itself to target religious leaders from different
00:15:21sects within Syria to sow strife within
00:15:25the sects. Therefore, the interpretation in the report
00:15:28was also that targeting a Shiite religious leader in the Sayyida Zeinab area is
00:15:32the responsibility of ISIS.
00:15:34Therefore, I want to point to an issue
00:15:38here that perhaps you will address later:
00:15:41that the issue is not only state efforts or military efforts and security
00:15:45agency efforts, because it needs something else, which is a strategy
00:15:49of winning hearts and minds, because there is a problem at the societal
00:15:52level when the organization tries to destabilize societies,
00:15:56destabilize local environments, create strife between the components of Syrian
00:16:00society. Surely, among the goals
00:16:03is, in fact,
00:16:06either to gain members or to gain enemies of the state. Any hostility
00:16:09that occurs is hostility towards the Syrian state. Therefore,
00:16:12the battle is open on several
00:16:15fronts, and this is a great danger. This
00:16:18issue cannot be solved only, you want to say that now
00:16:22the organization can
00:16:25gain additional members from
00:16:27the current situation. Let's go back to what happened,
00:16:31for example, in the events in northeastern Syria,
00:16:34and the escape
00:16:36of perhaps 150 people who fled, and the state pursued
00:16:40them and arrested a large number of them. Yes. And let's
00:16:43talk about the fact that there was chaos inside the region
00:16:47and prisons. We do not know yet
00:16:50that a final outcome
00:16:53or a map of the movements
00:16:57of those who managed to escape, for example,
00:16:59and how they are
00:17:02being pursued now. Where
00:17:05are they active? There are great efforts, but I
00:17:09want to add another point in this regard. ISIS
00:17:12is not the ISIS we only know, meaning that it is the main
00:17:16Islamic State. Now the question is that each
00:17:20intelligence agency, perhaps at the regional level, has its own ISIS.
00:17:24Let's be frank, there is correct.
00:17:27This is almost agreed upon. Agreed upon. Yes.
00:17:30There are
00:17:32currents within ISIS.
00:17:34These currents,
00:17:36each current perhaps is managed by an intelligence agency affiliated with a state.
00:17:39Therefore, the strategy of ISIS at
00:17:43the central level may take a form, perhaps,
00:17:47for other groups working under the supervision of intelligence agencies, perhaps
00:17:51Israeli, perhaps Iranian, perhaps other
00:17:54regional states have been able to infiltrate because this is a natural
00:17:57thing. In security interpretation, perhaps Mr. Diaa and the rest of
00:18:01the esteemed guests agree that even European
00:18:03countries have been able, in one way or another, to plant elements
00:18:07and groups from within the Islamic
00:18:10State of ISIS. Therefore, also,
00:18:15the region. Sometimes, some
00:18:19operations that target, for example, the Syrian economy may
00:18:23be interpreted, in one way or another, by what
00:18:26regional parties feel, that such projects,
00:18:29for example, energy projects, the talk about energy projects today in Syria may
00:18:38The question now is whether such probabilities, now
00:18:42these parties use their ISIS, which
00:18:46you referred to, in Syria, or rather, the parties perhaps affiliated
00:18:49with them directly.
00:18:57and let's also talk about the existence of weak
00:19:00points in the Syrian environment. We know that, for example, there are
00:19:04groups working with Israel, alignments
00:19:17and groups within other areas, perhaps in coastal areas
00:19:20and other areas, and this is not a generalization, but this is a possible
00:19:37Mr. Ali and Mr. Diaa, there is
00:19:41almost an agreement that the biggest danger now from a security perspective
00:19:45in Syria and the issue of targeting the state
00:19:47comes from ISIS.
00:19:50Do you also agree with this
00:20:04me, and through my reading of the security threats
00:20:10the nascent Syrian state, I place
00:20:15second place, or it is the second threat
00:20:18to the Syrian state. Second, not first. Where
00:20:22does it stand? Where does it rank? You say
00:20:25second, Mr. Rashid, so that we understand you clearly. You say
00:20:31the first. The first
00:20:32is
00:20:35where ISIS ranks as a security threat to the nascent Syrian
00:20:39state.
00:20:42first. While Iran and its militias
00:20:45and its arms in the region and its presence in the region, especially
00:20:49Mr. Ali, was also pointing to a point that might be
00:20:58agree with him, even Mr. Diaa also agrees
00:21:01that international parties may even have,
00:21:04let's say, their own ISIS or a part of ISIS
00:21:07now specific to them. Therefore, there is
00:21:10perhaps an intersection
00:21:13meaning things are complex.
00:21:16Yes, I
00:21:28for the international coalition to combat terrorism, it would be in its interest
00:21:32to provide, or for international bodies, led by
00:21:35America, to work, and we also followed the military
00:21:38and security movements
00:21:41and the lifting of sanctions related
00:21:44Therefore, it is
00:21:46possible to arm
00:21:50and train military security agencies to confront
00:21:53ISIS in a way that is appropriate for the Syrian
00:21:56situation. While Israel ranks first due to the international
00:22:00negligence in stopping its violations
00:22:03the Syrian
00:22:10to be precise, now we are
00:22:13discussing the internal security situation, and we have put on the table
00:22:16two incidents that occurred during the last hours: first, an attempt
00:22:20to target the Homs refinery, which was successfully
00:22:23thwarted, and another incident
00:22:26also related to targeting a member of the Ministry
00:22:29of Defense. And this, it
00:22:33was known that ISIS was the target. Therefore, we
00:22:36are talking about internal
00:22:38conditions.
00:22:42Yes, I spoke generally about the security threats facing
00:22:46the Syrian state, both internally and externally. Yes. I was going
00:22:52the Syrian arena after the fall of the regime and ISIS.
00:22:55To some extent, we can
00:23:00at the internal level. Why? Because if
00:23:04we follow the statements issued
00:23:07by ISIS through its magazine, Al-Naba,
00:23:10we notice that since the fall of the regime and
00:23:14the new Syrian administration taking power in Damascus,
00:23:17it began with a hostile
00:23:20discourse towards the Syrian state and the authority
00:23:23that took power,
00:23:26and it relied on incitement,
00:23:29mobilization, and harsh religious discourse in order
00:23:33to mobilize its supporters in the Syrian
00:23:36there, but also resorted
00:23:53adopt, as part of its strategy, the targeting
00:23:56of the Syrian government now, and not do so during
00:24:00the Syrian regime? Doesn't this explain an overlap
00:24:02and implementation?
00:24:05I mean, let me say that, yes, I agree with you that Israel is
00:24:09a strategic enemy, but Israel uses
00:24:11its tactics, Iran uses its tactics, and
00:24:15ISIS may be, perhaps this borders on
00:24:18certainty, one of the tactical tools in the conflict within
00:24:24strategic conflict between Israel or Iran. You mean exactly,
00:24:27ultimately, one cannot separate
00:24:31the issue of ISIS from the threats existing at the regional
00:24:38this matter. On the contrary, I agree that there is a tacit
00:24:42cooperation between ISIS and all parties or some parties,
00:24:45especially the Iranian militias in the Syrian arena,
00:24:48especially ISIS.
00:24:51operations that it carried out against the Syrian
00:24:54Democratic Forces (SDF) east of the Euphrates, and they were under the watchful
00:24:58eye and facilitation of the Iranian militias and the Syrian regime forces.
00:25:02And today, due to the dangerous actions of the Iranian
00:25:05the Syrian arena, and the attempt by Iran
00:25:08to communicate, I mean, there are several
00:25:12reports from reputable research
00:25:15and media institutions that indicated that Iran is trying to revive
00:25:19its networks, and through these attempts, I do not rule out that
00:25:23there are unannounced communications between ISIS
00:25:29the Syrian arena so that ISIS can
00:25:32organize its operations
00:25:46this is the main point. Mr. Rashid used
00:25:50the term "tacit cooperation," and this may be,
00:25:53according to what he said, one of the possibilities or one of the angles
00:25:56for reading the scene related
00:26:00to security threats in
00:26:03Or is the story more like, let's
00:26:06say, collusion, meaning a convergence of
00:26:10interests, and not necessarily there is coordination
00:26:13between the parties that are trying
00:26:22Karim, we must define two basic determinants so that
00:26:25I can answer your question.
00:26:28The first determinant was that everyone knew
00:26:32that ISIS, like all radical terrorist organizations,
00:26:36whether right-wing or left-wing, is infiltrated
00:26:39by intelligence agencies of multiple
00:26:42countries. We know very well that it is a transnational
00:26:45organization. This organization cannot exist
00:26:49in areas of Syria, in areas of Iraq, in other areas, without international
00:26:52intelligence support. How does it secure weapons? How does it secure
00:26:56members? How does it secure members crossing borders
00:26:59towards specific areas such as Syria and Iraq?
00:27:02This is a known fact since the beginning of
00:27:06the Syrian revolution, especially after 2013,
00:27:10when this organization emerged in the northeastern region of Syria.
00:27:13Yes, the other matter is that we must know that there is a strong
00:27:17relationship between other terrorist organizations, such
00:27:20as the Iranian arms, the Iranian militias, and Hezbollah,
00:27:24the terrorist. Also, the remnants of the regime. There is a strong relationship
00:27:28between them and the organization. It may be through collusion. It
00:27:32may be that the same entity supports all
00:27:35of them in order to prevent the emergence of a strong
00:27:39state in Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime.
00:27:43We all know that Iran suffered a severe blow in Syria after
00:27:46its defeat and that of its proxies and the victory of the blessed
00:27:49Syrian revolution. Therefore, in my opinion,
00:27:52what, if we want to identify the dangers, each
00:27:56terrorist organization from the organizations, which you mentioned and
00:27:59which still has remnants in Syria whether the regime's solutions
00:28:02or terrorist organizations such as ISIS
00:28:05and the remaining arms of Iran in the region, all these
00:28:09organizations, in my opinion, let's go to what you said,
00:28:12they serve each other in
00:28:15implementing an agenda that is imposed or directed by
00:28:19those who support all these organizations,
00:28:23they all agreed to prevent Syria's rise, prevent Syria's unity,
00:28:27and present Syria to the world as
00:28:30weak in the face of terrorist threats.
00:28:33To strike the Syrian economy fatally in order to
00:28:36mobilize the popular base against
00:28:39the new nascent state. Therefore, if we want
00:28:43to talk in this context, I believe that the danger
00:28:45of ISIS
00:28:48the other dangers, which are the remnants of the regime's loyalists
00:28:52and which are the remnants
00:28:55a little while ago, at the beginning of his speech, he was saying that the biggest danger, the biggest
00:28:58at the top of the list, number one, is now ISIS.
00:29:03Sir, ISIS is no less dangerous than any other organization, but also
00:29:07we must not overlook the remnants of the regime's loyalists. We must
00:29:10not overlook the sleeper cells
00:29:15the region. I mean, we must understand a matter of
00:29:18importance. Let me give you an example: at the beginning of the liberation, when
00:29:22the Deir ez-Zor region,
00:29:26the defunct regime in 2024,
00:29:29at the end of 2024, we found many
00:29:33headquarters of Iranian militias. The flags of al-Aqab, which the
00:29:36ISIS organization was using,
00:29:39tools that the organization uses, whether
00:29:43flags or slogans or even a specific dress.
00:29:46I mean, ISIS is famous for wearing the Afghan or, as it is called, the Afghan
00:29:49uniform. We found these things.
00:29:52We found them in places where Iranian militias
00:29:56were stationed. The incidents
00:29:59shepherds in the Badia of Tabanni in Deir ez-Zor,
00:30:02and also in the Badia of Raqqa, and Palmyra and the Badia
00:30:05in Homs, were carried out under the name
00:30:09of ISIS, but those who carried them out were Iranian agendas. This does not mean
00:30:12that ISIS is also a dangerous terrorist organization,
00:30:15but we must not limit the full
00:30:19responsibility currently for what is happening in Syria to the ISIS
00:30:23organization. No one, no one means no one limits the full responsibility
00:30:26to ISIS, but we are discussing the issue of who
00:30:30poses perhaps a greater threat than
00:30:33others. In my opinion, everyone who
00:30:37did not like the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad's
00:30:41the countries is now moving its tools in Syria,
00:30:45including ISIS, and at the top of them is ISIS. Yes, I admit,
00:30:48as my colleagues pointed out, that ISIS poses the
00:30:52greatest and most dangerous threat
00:30:55currently, but this does not mean that we should overlook the remnants
00:30:59of the organizations.
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