US role in spread of terrorism in the world: Syria
The United States and some other regional countries set up and supported some terrorist groups during the Arab Spring to overthrow the legitimate government of Bashar al-Assad.
As a result a brutal terrorism was unleashed in Syria causing deaths of thousands, displacement of millions and damages to tangible and intangible heritage of the country.
More than 250,000 people have been killed in terror attacks in Syria, where Daesh (ISIS) controls large swathes of territories and where several terrorist groups fight each other either to defeat their rivals or wage a war against the government of President Bashar Al-Assad and the people of Syria.
According to the 1915 report of Global Terrorism Index (GTI) the rise in terrorism is rooted in terrorist attacks, which erupted in 2011. According to the same report, the majority of people are killed in bomb attacks. The report added: "There were no recorded acts of terrorism in the two years prior to the war commencing in 2011. In 2014 there were 1,690 deaths compared to 600 in 2012. Most of the deaths in Syria are accounted for terrorism.
However, terrorism has been deployed as a tactic by some of the terrorist forces to topple the legitimate government of Bashr al-Assad. The main group behind the terrors in Syira and Jibhat ul-Nusra is Daesh.
The number of deaths also increased following the rise of Daesh, known for its brutal attacks on Syrian civilians and their attempts to cleanse religions and ethnic groups not affiliated to their cult. According to GTI, Daesh was responsible for 95% (5,436) of deaths resulting from claimed terrorist attacks in 2014.
Besides human losses due to terrorism in Syria, the country also witnessed demolition of many historical sites by the terrorist groups. According to some repots, the terrorist groups robbed many antiques before demolishing the historical sites and sold them in international markets to finance their terror machine.
Since the rise of the Daesh millions of Syrians have been forced to leave their homes and take refuge inside or outside the country. It has created the largest human tragedy in the world history.
The United States and some regional Arab countries are the main supporters of the Daesh. It is an irony that the United States claims to fight the Daesh, but many reports indicate that as soon as the Syrian forces get an upper hand the US airdrops weapons packages to assist the terrorist groups to prevent their defeat.
Also it is not a hidden fact that the Daesh and other terrorist groups in Syrian sell the Syrian oil on low prices through Turkish territory to boost their war machine.
It must be borne in mind that the same terrorist groups will target their today’s supporters in the future, just like the Al-Qaeda. The US and other supporters of the Daesh must take a lesson from the past and stop their support of terrorism as soon as possible to allow peace and tranquility return to the region.
Translated by: Sadroddin Musawi
