July 2016
The
al-Jarida daily of Kuwait wrote: An individual by the name of Ali Omar, aka Abu
Torab, suspected of being associated to ISIS (Daesh), is currently detained in
a Kuwaiti prison. He has admitted to close relations between ISIS (Daesh) with
the regimes of Iran and Syria. Abu Torab has said he has personally
participated in coordinating session held between ISIS (Daesh) and the Damascus
regime representative and Iranian regime security forces. Regarding the structure
of ISIS he said most of the group’s commanders in Syria are of Iraqi origin and
their forces are from Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria. Abu Torab was in charge of
ISIS’ oil industry due to his expertise and speaking fluent English.