Antoun el-Fata, “Akhbar al-Yawm” agency

Will the fall of the al-Assad regime in Syria lead to a huge wave of unrest?

Staying within the Syrian cause secure the success of these factions in ruling Syria

After the fall of the late President Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq in 2003, the region lived a quiet era, until the bombings, security and sectarian unrest began there, a few months later.

Will the same scenario be repeated today, after the fall of the Syrian regime? Are there any elements entering and exiting from and to Lebanon now, preparing to get the green light for certain security actions? Will the fall of the al-Assad regime in Syria lead to a huge wave of unrest?

An informed source confirmed that "there is a fundamental fear now of attempts by the organization "Daesh" in order to infiltrate the ranks of armed groups in Syria, and work covertly through them. But this fear remains under control, without being an inevitable issue".

The source explained in an interview with the "Akhbar al-Yawm" agency that "fears may not be true on the ground based on a key thing, which is that what happened in Iraq in 2003 is not similar to what happened in Syria recently. In Iraq, the US Army entered as an occupying army, which contributed to launching the path of bombings and security unrest under the slogan of demanding withdrawal and defeating the occupation. While in the case of Syria, it is the people of the country who have liberated their country from its regime".

The source pointed out that "the speech we are hearing from the armed groups active in Syria now is different from the one we were hearing in the past. Despite its long and shifting history between "al-Qaeda","ISIS" and "al-Nusra", it seems to be in a new and moderate form, until now. Of course, there are components in its ranks that call for the establishment of an Islamic State in Syria now, but its leaders do not speak extremist language".

The same source concluded: "The most important thing remains that these groups adhere to non-extremist speech. The world is eager for the emergence of a civil, democratic and Free State in Syria, and this is secured, first of all, by the permanent commitment of the Syrian Revolution groups to work only within the Syrian borders and to stay away from the transnational jihadist discourse. Staying within the Syrian concern and the Syrian issue secure the success of these factions in ruling Syria within a long term".