Abdel Rahim Ali reveals new Daesh relocations
MP Abdel Rahim Ali, Chairman
of the Center for Middle East Studies in Paris (CEMO) revealed that the
leadership of Deash issued directives to relocate the organization in Europe,
Sinai Desert, and some areas especially in Asia and the U.S. after being dismantled in the late 2017.
This
came during Ali’s lecture before the French Parliament as he addressed the
post-Daesh terrorism, the dangers of radicalism exported to Europe and the
Muslim Brotherhood's role in paving the way for this stage.
The
relocation of Daesh aims to avenge attempts for its eradication from the Middle
East and allying against it, Ali said.
Recently,
Daesh militias carried out their first terror operations in Indonesia where
suicide bombers targeted Sunday Mass congregations in three churches in the
city of Surabaya, for being a symbol of Western Christianity.
Ali
also added that the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol)
announced on March 2018 that around five thousand European citizens, including
800 from Western Balkans, have joined Daesh since 2014.
Members
of the defense, national security and international affairs at the French
parliament, in addition to a number of journalists and experts on terrorism,
led by Roland Jacquard, Richard Labévière, Ian Hamel, Georges Malbrunot,
Christian Chesnot and media anchor
Christian Malard attended the meeting.
"About
30,000 people in Europe are potentially part of terrorist communities,"
Europol director Rob Wainwright told Bulgaria's bTV.
According
to Ali, The Soufan Centre, an independently-funded NGO that analyses emerging
global security threats, said in a report that at least 5,600 people from 33
countries left ISIL-held areas in that period.
The
report put the number of foreign fighters from the former Soviet republics at
8,717, compared to 7,054 from the Middle East, 5,718 from Western Europe, 5,319
from the Maghreb, 1,568 from Southeast Asia and 845 from Balkan; while North
America came last with 439 fighters.
