The battle against “de-radicalisation” is proving long and complicated, as it has to effect a widespread cultural change. The battle is based on long-, medium- and short-term strategies.
The current security challenges in the region are pushing many countries to think of an efficient anti-terror strategy. Yet, there are concerns about the real objectives of such a strategy and the countries that should play a role.
The most important challenge is overturning the stereotype of the terrorist defined over the last three decades; especially now that they have young people with Western appearance and accents
European security services, nowadays; are coming across one of its most serious stages: the challenges of dealing with the recent threats caused by many factors, more importantly the mis-coordination between the various branches of security services in Europe or within the same country.
Do not let us call state, it is not, not combatants are only murderers, we use a jargon that a semantic level reduces the popularity of this N. I. S. (Not Islamic State) because i would call not Islamic state is going to write always lowercase.
Earlier today, a tactical Russian Sukhoi Su-24 warplane was shot down by two Turkish F-16 jets. Predictably, Russia and Turkey red the episode in opposite ways: according to Ankara, the Russian jet violated its national airspace and ignored all the warning given by the Turkish pilots; according to Moscow, however, its bomber aircraft was flying above Syrian territory near the border and may have been shot down by Turkish artillery.
The November 13 attacks in Paris show that Daesh has moved to a most serious phase, targeting civilians going about their daily activities. The several almost simultaneous attacks in Paris placed all life activities under threat. The strikes targeted a stadium where an international football game was playing in the presence of the French president, a music hall and a restaurant.
The Russian military move in Syria came after a series of meetings and understandings Moscow reached with several parties, including Washington. The lack of decisiveness in the US policy, which prevailed in the foregoing phase, especially since the emergence of Daesh, created a space that needed to be filled; it imposed a policy that would counter the absence of a real vision to confront terrorism and its multiple effects.
What does Syrian President Bashar Assad’s visit to Moscow signify? Why hadn’t Assad visited President Vladimir Putin earlier? And why has Russia declared this visit? With the recent ground shifts in Syria after the powerful Russian military intervention new facts have emerged to confirm that the Russian move was not arbitrary, rather it was systematic and pointed to a new roadmap that begins by setting the military balance on the ground.
The wave of Palestinian violence after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv has also reached the isolated villages, the wounded and dead therefore around the colonies in the West Bank and Gaza, Israel and new in flames.
