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MENA Observatory – America
The director of the US National Counterterrorism Center, Christoph Miller, said during a session before the Committee on Homeland Security in the US House of Representatives, “ISIS continues to expand globally with a score of affiliated factions, a despite his eradication from Syria and the removal of its leaders. “
Miller emphasized that the organization has repeatedly demonstrated its ability to bounce back from the heavy losses suffered in the past six years by relying on a cadre of veteran middle-ranking leaders and large-scale underground networks amid waning counter-terrorism pressures.
And he considered that the new leader of the organization, “Muhammad Saeed Abdul Rahman Al-Mawla” was able to manage new attacks from factions that are geographically distant from the leadership, noting that in Syria and Iraq he had carried out assassinations and attacks with mortar shells and improvised explosive devices “steadily”.
According to the official, “Miller”, the organization documented its attacks with video recordings that it used as propaganda to show that the elements of the organization are still organized and active despite their uprooting from the area where they declared what they called the “caliphate” in Syria and Iraq.
Miller also explained that ISIS is registering its strongest performance in Africa, as demonstrated by the Niger attack, noting that it seeks to attack Western targets, but counter-terrorism operations prevent it.
As for “Al Qaeda”, the rival organization of “ISIS” and that launched the attacks of September 11, 2001 in the United States, it has been weakened by the elimination of its leaders and most prominent figures, but it is still active.
The director of the US National Counterterrorism Center said that Al-Qaeda is still determined to launch attacks in the United States and Europe, and that al-Qaeda factions in Yemen and Africa may still launch bloody attacks, but the Capacities of the organization’s formations in India and Pakistan have been greatly weakened.
In Afghanistan, Al Qaeda’s presence has been reduced to “a few dozen fighters whose focus is primarily on survival.”
Under an agreement signed by the Taliban with the United States in February, the insurgents agreed to prevent al Qaeda from using Afghanistan’s lands as a safe haven and starting point for carrying out attacks, but despite the agreement, the terrorist organization remains in close contact. relationship with Afghan insurgents, the Pentagon revealed on Wednesday.
