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Russian security chief alleges Trump is planning to use ISIS terrorists to attack Iran

The jihadists are being moved from prisons in Syria to special camps in neighboring Iraq, according to Russian official cited by RT.

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May 26, 2026
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RT.com is reporting that Western intel agencies led by the United States are planning to use Syrian jihadists affiliated with ISIS as a proxy force against Iran. The report cites Russian Federal Security Service chief Aleksandr Bortnikov as its source for the story.

This is a story you won’t see reported in the West, where corporate media outlets are tightly controlled by the military-industrial-intelligence complex.

According to the RT report, the jihadists, who fought for the Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) and other terrorist groups, are being moved from prisons in Syria to special camps in Iraq, Bortnikov said Tuesday during a meeting of the security chiefs from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Russia’s Irkutsk Region.

“The history of Islamic State began with similar Iraqi prison complexes under the protection of Western coalition intelligence agencies,” he stated.

The actions of Western spy agencies also pose a danger to Russia and its affiliated nations such as Arme…

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