As French authorities engage in a widespread manhunt for the remaining suspects involved in the Paris attacks last Friday, serious questions are being raised by governments and communities about how to stop Daesh (ISIS) from striking again.
We've seen the aftershocks of these questions inside world meetings like the G20 and the surrounding the anti-refugee declarations of US governors.
But one of the most important queries being raised has nothing to do with refugees or airstrikes. Some social media users are asking, what funds Daesh?
Who is funding Isis? who is buying it's oil? Who is supplying weapons? These are the questions we should but wont ask #PrayForParis
— Piers Nimmo (@PiersNimmo) November 18, 2015
Following the Paris attacks, Jordan's Prince Hassan bin Talal—brother of Jordan's former King Hussein—spoke with France 24 and mentioned the same.
Between a ballooning population of Syrian refugees, participation in the US-coalition in Syria and support for the Saudi-led campaign in Yemen, Jordan's role is a complex one in the region.
The country's King Abdullah II made his own charged speech about Muslims' role in fighting terrorism this week, so people barely took note of his uncle's post-attack interview. But his comments were actually pretty significant.
"The financing of Daesh is not only by stealing money from vaults or drug trafficking or managing oil, if certain Gulf countries are not financing them, then who is financing them? That's what I want to know," he told France 24.
Gulf states and their citizens have been pegged as financial supporters before. Wealthy donors from Qatar, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia have been suspected of sending funds, and former Iraqi president Nouri al-Maliki publically accused Saudi Arabia and Qatar of funding the group following their rise in Iraq last summer.
While Hassan didn't outright accuse anyone, this is the first time a comment like this has come from the Hashemites. And he also wasn't shy about pointing out holes in other Middle East policies as well.
"When are we going to invest in human beings rather than just talking about security in terms of weapons of mass destruction and the war on terror," he said. "When are we going to start waging peace? Not with the contradictions that lie within our coalitions, that's for sure."
Watch the full video below. Via YouTube.
