PREVIEW: SYRIA: AL QAEDA: Colleague Bill Roggio of FDD identifies that many al Qaeda affiliated Jihadist fighters now linked to HTS, Hayat Tahrir al Sham, that has taken over Damascus and the government institutions. More tonight.
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John Batchelor
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🗓️ 14 December 2024
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| 0:28.4 | listening. Terms apply. This is John Batchel, conversation with Bill Rajo, the Foundation for |
| 0:33.9 | the Defense of Democracy. HTS, the group that has taken over Damascus and is said to be |
| 0:40.3 | governing or intending to govern Syria. What is it? Where did they come from? Bill is very, very clear here. |
| 0:47.1 | This is Al-Qaeda. Al-Qaeda with all of its associates around. HTS is made up of al-Qaeda. |
| 0:54.5 | Al-Qaeda veterans, Al-Qaeda soldiers |
| 0:58.3 | who have sworn very carefully to al-Qaeda, |
| 1:01.7 | and you do not unswear. |
| 1:03.5 | Here Bill explains. |
| 1:05.4 | Also, some of the frustration of saying what is, |
| 1:10.1 | what was always known, |
| 1:11.8 | and yet because of the circumstances, |
| 1:14.3 | is denied or not acknowledge. |
| 1:17.6 | Al-Qaeda in Damascus. |
| 1:20.3 | More of this tonight. |
| 1:22.5 | No, absolutely. |
| 1:23.7 | It's, you know, again, this organization reports to the organization in Afghanistan. |
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