French President Francois Hollande said at the World Economic Forum in Davos today that long local armed conflicts were one of the main sources of terrorism. He emphasized that the Syrian conflict needed an urgent political solution, TASS reports.In Hollande’s opinion, Syria and Iraq were the pillars of terrorist groups spreading their radical Islam. He added that terrorists master a wide arsenal of technical tools, especially the Internet, to recruit new members. The French leader added that about 10,000 out of 40,000 militants of the Islamic State were people unrelated to the Middle East.
French President Francois Hollande said at the World Economic Forum in Davos today that long local armed conflicts were one of the main sources of terrorism. He emphasized that the Syrian conflict needed an urgent political solution, TASS reports.
In Hollande’s opinion, Syria and Iraq were the pillars of terrorist groups spreading their radical Islam. He added that terrorists master a wide arsenal of technical tools, especially the Internet, to recruit new members. The French leader added that about 10,000 out of 40,000 militants of the Islamic State were people unrelated to the Middle East.
