Researchers assert that international powers neglect the dangerous ISIS issue

The International Coalition to Fight ISIS held its meeting in Riyadh on June 8, which emphasized the continuation of the fight against ISIS without addressing practical measures in this regard, in light of the change in ISIS tactics and its spread in many countries.

At a time when the meeting of the International Coalition did not reach significant and clear results regarding foreign ISIS mercenaries being held in North and East Syria, despite warnings of their danger, this prompted the Autonomous Administration to announce the formation of a special court to try them.

delicate diplomacy

On the 10th of June, the Autonomous Administration issued a statement, announcing the start of the trial of foreign ISIS mercenaries held by it in a public, fair and transparent manner.

In this regard, Nicholas Heras, a senior researcher at the American New Lines Institute, considered that: "The Autonomous Administration is engaged in delicate diplomacy with countries that have not returned all of their foreign fighters to their home countries."

He added, "Many countries do not want to repatriate particularly dangerous foreign fighters, and in some cases their families, who could pose a threat to them." Heras considered this a major challenge for both the Autonomous Administration and its partners in the United States.

International neglect of a dangerous file

Regarding the position of the International Coalition on prosecuting ISIS in north-eastern Syria, Hassan Abu Haniyeh, a researcher specializing in terrorism issues, told ANHA’s agency, "The problem of fighters and camps is a dilemma for the International Coalition, and therefore it also has a dilemma in dealing with the Autonomous Administration, and therefore if trials have been supported in the areas of the Autonomous Administration, as this means a kind of political and legal recognition, and this is not legally possible for America and the coalition countries.

The researcher pointed out that since ISIS lost its last enclave in al-Baghouz in March 2019, there have been proposals to avoid such problems, as there was a proposal from several countries to transfer them to Iraq, however these efforts did not succeed due to the existence of differences within Iraq itself. Among the political elites and parties, and internationally, there was criticism of the pattern and conditions of fair courts in Iraq.

Abu Haniyeh stressed that the coalition countries: "They will not recognize the courts that the Autonomous Administration will establish, but they may support them financially, but they will not reach the level of political and legal recognition of the Autonomous Administration, and therefore they will simply neglect this file, and if there was a will to do something, they would they've done it before."

ISIS will not be defeated like this

Regarding the neglect of the ISIS file and the camps, and their failure to restore ISIS, the researcher specialized in terrorism issues considered that these countries: "simply are indifferent to this problem, in addition to their inability to prove the charges against ISIS militants, they are only able to prove that they are members of a terrorist organization only." And in the event that they are tried, they will serve a maximum of three years of sentence and will be released from prison, which will pose a threat to their communities. They do not see any sufficient pressure from Washington and the United Nations regarding the return of these ISIS."

Abu Haniyeh pointed out that it is very difficult to eliminate ISIS with the current tools, explaining that: "ISIS no longer possesses territorial control and spatial control, and therefore they turned into a war of attrition and gangs, and this requires work not like the previous period, there is a need for an intelligence force and precise operations that will be It is able to eliminate this rebellion and relies on drones, which is what Washington does sometimes."

In this regard, the researcher on terrorism issues believes that "neither the Autonomous Administration nor Syria and Iraq are able to completely eliminate this rebellion, as they need enormous capabilities."

T/ Satt.

ANHA