15 Jihadi groups with 65,000 militants are ready to replace ISIS if they are defeated and share their aim to create an Islamic state and destroy the west
Tony Blair-backed think tank Centre on Religion & Geopolitics (CRG) reports 15 jihadi groups in Syria ready to fill ISIS vacuum
They reportedly have 65,000 fighters combined
Warns Coalition strikes on ISIS are a ‘strategic failure’ if they don’t address other extremist groups in Syria
By ISABEL HUNTER
DailyMail.com
20 December 2015
A total of 15 jihadi groups are waiting in the wings to replace ISIS in Syria a think tank backed by former prime minister Tony Blair will report tomorrow.
The jihadi groups have a total of 65,000 fighters in Syria that are poised to fill the vacuum should ISIS be defeated, according to The Sunday Times.
In the report, which has been seen by MailOnline, the author’s find that some of the groups have designs on attacking the west, with the number one group named as Jabhat al-Nusra, Al-Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate.
It warns that British and coalition attacks on ISIS could be a ‘strategic failure’ if it overlooks other groups operating in the country and that sixty per cent of rebel groups are ‘Islamist Extremists’.
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