“Islamic State”, the Al-Nusrah Front and other terrorist groups have long been growing in the Middle East. They have acquired additional opportunities for their criminal activity due to the weakening of state institutions and the support of various foreign sponsors. Having grown stronger, extremist groups are threatening the future of whole nations, as evidenced by the example of Iraq, Libya and Syria.
Terrorists have exploited the brutal conflict in Syria and the sectarian divisions in Iraq to generate considerable financial support and to attract a steady flow of young foreign fighters, along with veterans. We now confront an interlinked mix of terrorist groups whose members have been radicalised by skilled individuals through direct indoctrination, the Internet and social media. A real “terrorist International” is acting under the flag of IS. Dozens of thousands of militants from over 80 countries are fighting in its ranks. Russia has consistently advocated closer international cooperation to cut short all kinds of terrorism and to renounce dual standards and the division of terrorists into “good” and “bad.” All states must faithfully implement the decisions of the UN Security Council that provide for preventing the instigation of terrorism and blocking illegal oil trade, approve sanctions against the Taliban and al-Qaeda and impose an arms embargo on Libya.
