Thursday, January 27, 2022

IPT Senior Fellow Patrick Dunleavy Discusses ISIS Recent Attack on Syrian Prison

 


The January 2022 ISIS attack on a prison in the Syrian city of Hasakeh in an attempt to free several hundred incarcerated members of the terror group demonstrates that ISIS does not see prison as the end of the line for its followers.  ISIS itself was formed in 2004 in an Iraqi prison known as Camp Bucca, named after FDNY member Ronald Bucca who died in the 9/11 attacks.  The attack also shows the resurgence of the insurgency group as a force to be reckoned with. We need to be just as committed in stamping out this radical terror group.

Listen / Read transcript of interview on VOA International Radio...