“We have seen over the past year the re-establishment and rise of ISIS not only in southern-eastern Syria, but also in western Iraq,” Abdullah II of Jordan said in an interview with France 24.

 “We have to deal with the re-emergence of ISIS, and that is going to create a problem for Baghdad, and we need to be there to step in and help the Iraqis deal with that threat, which is a threat to all of us, not only in the region, but also to Europe and to the rest of the world.” Abdullah said.

#EXCLUSIVE – “We have to deal with the reemergence of #ISIS“.

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— FRANCE 24 English (@France24_en) January 13, 2020

Speaking of Libya, King Abdullah commented on Turkey’s decision to send troops. As he said, the recent deployment of Turkish troops in a training capacity to Libya “will only create more confusion” in the country.

“Well, again, that will only, I think, create more confusion. There is a very important Russian decision today. We hope that that helps de-escalate the issue, but several thousand hard-core foreign fighters have left Idlib through the northern border and have ended up in Libya, and that’s something that we in the region, but also our European friends will have to address in 2020, because we do not want a failed state in Libya, and a major conflict between all of us in a coalition against extremist terrorist organisations.” Abdullah  stressed.