The UN Secretary-General, in a report on the threats posed by ISIS terrorists, stated that Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa and the Ministers of Interior and Foreign Affairs were targets of five assassination attempts last year. The report indicates that Sharaa was targeted in northern Aleppo, the country's most populous province, and in southern Daraa by a group known as 'Ansar al-Sunnah Brigades,' believed to be a front for ISIS. The report, issued by the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism and authored by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, does not specify dates or details of the attempts on Sharaa, the primary target, or on Syrian Interior Minister Anas Khatib and Foreign Minister Asad al-Shibani.
