The first comment from the White House after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime

The White House announced on Saturday that the United States’ current priorities in Syria are to ensure that the current conflict does not encourage the resurgence of ISIS or lead to a “humanitarian catastrophe.”
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said that the expansion of the conflict “is a source of concern,” speaking of concern about ISIS in particular. “During the worst stages” of the long Syrian civil war, “we witnessed the emergence of ISIS on the scene,” he added at a conference run by the Reagan National Defense Forum in Simi Valley, California.

Sullivan stressed that the main priority is to ensure that “the fighting in Syria does not lead to the resurgence of ISIS,” adding, “We will take steps ourselves, directly and working with the Syrian Democratic Forces… in order to ensure that this does not happen.”
The opposition factions launched a lightning attack in Syria and announced at dawn on Sunday that they had entered the capital, Damascus, and that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had “escaped.”
Sullivan said that the administration of outgoing US President Joe Biden is working to ensure that US allies, such as Israel, Jordan, Iraq and other countries in the region that “potentially face indirect consequences from Syria,” remain in a “strong and secure” position, and “we are on track.” Contact them every day.”

Sullivan also noted that Washington is also vigilant in order to stop “a humanitarian catastrophe, whether with regard to civilians, access to life-saving necessities, or the protection of religious and ethnic minorities in Syria.”
He continued, “Of course, when an event like this happens, ISIS immediately looks to take advantage of it. We have seen reports of ISIS trying…to reshape its ranks to some extent.”
He stressed that the United States will subsequently seek to “contain the possibility of violence and instability,” protect allies, and ensure that ISIS does not obtain “new oxygen from this matter,” which may lead to a threat to the interests of the United States or allies.
Sullivan’s statements come as Washington prepares for the transfer of power next month to President-elect Donald Trump, who defeated Joe Biden in the November elections.
Trump, who visited Paris on Saturday, warned against American intervention in Syria, saying that this country is “chaos” and “not our friend.” He added on his “Truth Social” platform, “This is not our battle.”
Sullivan supported Trump’s statement, saying, “The United States will not… plunge militarily into a Syrian civil war.”