Deir Hader , Tabqa Airbase and Jirah Airbase . If the aforementioned sites are lost to the Syrian Government , ISIS will be expelled from northern Syria and will be forced to set up a desperate last stance defence at ar - Raqqah city itself . Ar - Raqqah is the self - proclaimed capital of the Islamic State and as such , its loss will prove an intolerable blow to the moral of ISIS fighters across the Middle East .
Yes . KELLY : Zawahiri , would he go into — well , you tell me where you think he is ? BRENNAN : Well , again , depending on if he were to be captured , depending where he was captured , the conditions , the circumstances , who did the capturingmovement.transportperson.preventexit, I think that would determine the course of how he would be handled , how he would be debriefed , how he would be prosecuted , how he would be just handled . KELLY : The CIA would be comfortable with having that being done under — hypothetically saying — Pakistani government ? BRENNAN : CIA would be very comfortable with however this is handled , consistent with the legal authorities , and again , the circumstances of the arrest or capture .