The Ousting of Bashar Assad will become a major US security threat as al-Qaeda groups will take the reigns of power, according to CIA Deputy Director, Michael Morell.
He shared his views on the situation in the Middle East country in an interview with The Wall Street Journal.
“Syrian civil war is probably the most important issue in the world today because of where it is currently heading. And I don't remember a time when there have been so many national security issues on the front burner as there are today", Morell said.
The position taken by the CIA’s second-in-command completely contradicts the adopted US policy of supporting insurgency with weapons and ammunition. According to him, once Assad is replaced, all that war hardware will be turned against the United States.