US EditionSyria’s President and 2 Top Ministers Were Targets of 5 Foiled Assassination Attempts, UN Says
A U.N. report reveals IS used a front group to foil five assassination attempts on Syria’s leadership last year amid ongoing militant threats and 3,000 fighters in the region.
- Wednesday, a U.N. report said five foiled assassination attempts last year targeted President Ahmad al-Sharaa and two senior ministers, naming al-Sharaa as the primary target.
- U.N. experts said Saraya Ansar al-Sunnah acts as an IS front providing deniability while militants exploited security vacuums to weaken the new Syrian government.
- In northern Aleppo province and southern Daraa province, the report said President Ahmad al-Sharaa formerly led Hayar Tahrir al-Sham before rising to power.
- U.N. experts estimate the Islamic State group still has around 3,000 fighters across Iraq and Syria, the majority based in Syria, and the report warns IS continues attacking security forces in north and northeast Syria.
- As of December, more than 25,740 people remained in the al-Hol and Roj camps, over 60% children, and a Dec. 13 ambush near Palmyra killed two U.S. servicemen and one American civilian.
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UN Report Reveals Five Assassination Plots Against Syrian President and Ministers Foiled in Past Year
A newly released United Nations report has disclosed that five assassination attempts targeting Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, along with Interior Minister Anas Khattab and Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani, were thwarted over the past year. Prepared by the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism and submitted to the Security Council, the report attributes the plots to a group identified as Saraya Ansar al-Sunnah. Secretary-General António Guterres de…
The United Nations report on the Islamic State revealed that the terrorist organization promoted five attempts to kill Ahmed Al-Sharaa, which is the "priority target" of the rebel group in Syria.
The Syrian president himself was targeted twice
Five murders committed to Syria's President, Ahmed al-Sharaa, or high-level ministers were committed last year, according to a United Nations report on the activities of the Islamic State. The document shows that the leader of Damascus...
UN report says ISIS still active across Syria
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