According to Kordpress, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, in a report he published about the threats of the Daesh armed forces, announced that the head of the Syrian interim government, Ahmed al-Shara, and the ministers of the interior and foreign affairs of this government faced five assassination attempts last year.

In the report of the Secretary General of the United Nations, it is mentioned that Ahmed al-Shora in the north of Aleppo, which is the most populous province of Syria, and in the south of Daraa, was targeted by a group known as "Saraya Ansar Sunnah" and is likely to be affiliated with ISIS.

This report was prepared by the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Office and published by Antonio Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations. In the report, the exact date and details of the assassinations were not mentioned, nor was it specified whether the main target was only Al-Sharia, or whether Syrian Interior Minister Anas al-Khattab and Syrian Foreign Minister Asad al-Shibani were also targets.