ISIS is gradually regaining its strength in the ruins of former President Bashar al-Assad’s administration, with more fighters likely to emerge from detention, the New York Times reported Monday.
Terrorist groups recently increased the frequency and intensity of attacks in the 2010s, despite not reaching the once dominant level of power in UN and US officials. I said New York Times Wednesday. ISIS fighters are reportedly looking to free fighters from many Syrian prisons.
Assad was expelled in December 2024 by rebel groups led by Islamic group Hayat Tahri al-Sham (HTS), and with the help of Syrian Army (SNA) forces supported by Turkey. Among the ruins of the old government, government It was formed from rebel leaders.
An anonymous US Department of Defense official told the NYT he was guilty of 294 attacks in 2024. From 121 billed in 2023.
“It’s where experienced combat-hardened fighter jets are,” Colin Clark, director of research at the Soofan Group, a global intelligence agency, told NYT.
The rebel fighter has security guards as former soldiers of Bashar al-Assad, lined up at the Reconciliation Centre in Aleppo, hoping to clear his position with the new interim government on January 25, 2025 in Aleppo, Syria (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
“We need to be careful because the big attacks on foreigners and foreigners in Damascus and everyone will change how they see it,” Aaron Zerin, a Washington Institute fellow who tracked the activities and propaganda of Muslim groups, told NYT.
As of December 2024, around 2,000 US troops were stationed in Syria, with the US holding bases in the northeastern part of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Altanv Base south of the Kurdish rebel group. Many SDF bases house detained terrorists.
The Türkiye-backed militia was to deflect the SDF with invasions to the north, which left many prison camps with inactive security.
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