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West. isil its unowe posed. unless you see an external intervention of some kind. i don't think you will see the damascus forces of bash iral assad much longer. perhaps until the end of the year. >> you think by 2016, isis, will in fact hold the territory of the government of syria? >> what i am suggesting is that i don't think the government of bashir al assad will be in power at the end of the year hat this rate. >> now to saudi arabia where at least 21 people are dead after a suicide bomber blew himself of at a shiite mosque. shiites are a minority in the predominantly sunni kingdom. isis h...