ISIS recruits 1000 fighters monthly in Syria and Iraq, says Assad
(IraqiNews.com) The so-called Islamic State group is recruiting around 1000 fighters every month in Syria and Iraq, the Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad told CBS’s ”60 Minutes” television program.
“[There are] some estimates that they have 1,000 recruits every month in Syria and Iraq,” the Syrian president Bashar al-Assad told CBS’s 60 Minutes in an interview aired on Sunday.
“Actually ISIS has expanded since the beginning of the strikes.”
He also added, “They are expanding in Libya, and many other al-Qaeda affiliate organizations have announced their allegiance to ISIS … So that’s the situation.”
When asked under what circumstances he would be willing to leave power, Assad said: “When I don’t have the public support; when I don’t represent the Syrian interests and values.”
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