Iraq warns of Daesh resurgence in Syria after Assad's fall
The Iraqi foreign minister has warned of a potential resurgence of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in neighboring Syria, calling for an inclusive political dialogue to restore security to the neighboring country after the fall of former President Bashar al-Assad.
The terrorist group “became bigger, attracted more members recently and controlled more weapons because of the fact the Syrian army collapsed,” Fuad Hussein said in an interview with Bloomberg at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday.
Iraqi society still harbors “Daesh cells and a basis for Daesh ideology,” the minister said, warning of the consequences of chaos in Syria on his country.
Hussein stressed that the only way to restore stability to Syria and contain Daesh is to hold an inclusive national dialogue that adheres to Security Council Resolution 2254, which was introduced in 2015 and lays out a peace plan for the country.
He added that other Arab states, including Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, backed this stance when they met last month.
Armed groups, led by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) militants, announced on December 8 that they had fully captured the Syrian capital and announced the fall of the President Bashar al-Assad government.
Many believe that the US created the Daesh terrorist group and helped it rise and commence its reign of terror and destruction in Syria and Iraq in 2014.
In 2017, former Iraqi prime minister, Haider al-Abadi, formally declared victory over the group.
Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), also known as Hashd al-Sh’abai, played a major role in the liberation of Daesh-held areas in the country.
In late 2019, the Syrian government and its allies also defeated the group.
The group’s remnants still conduct sporadic terrorist attacks in both neighboring Arab countries.
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