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 has claimed responsibility, via twitter. if their claim is true, this would be a rare attack by the terror group inside saudi arabia. worshippers were in the middle of prayers when this bomb went off. so far, no details on how many were wounded.