Jordan and Syria tighten security ties over renewed ISIS threat

Jordan and Syria tighten security ties over renewed ISIS threat

Jordanian sources cited by the paper expressed “serious concerns” about ISIS attempts to regroup in the Syrian desert and use Syria as a launching pad for attacks on neighboring countries—Jordan in particular. These sources warned that ISIS operatives could infiltrate local communities, reestablish sleeper cells in major cities, and recruit new members to its extremist Salafi ranks. The threat is growing amid fears that Syria’s internal instabil…