A large majority of Arab youths are very concerned about the rise of Daesh terrorist group, a recent poll shows.
Findings from a recent survey conducted by the Emirati-based ASDA’A Burson-Marsteller show that 77 percent of Arab youths view the rise of Daesh as very concerning.
Meanwhile, 22 percent of participants said they were not very concerned. Only one percent said they had no idea.
The interviewees expressed their views in response to the question “How concerned would you say you are about the rise of Daesh?”
In response to another question about the probability of Arab youths’ support for Daesh, a majority of 78 percent said they would not support the group.
Some 13 percent said they would throw their support behind the group while nine percent said they had no idea.
When asked about the top challenge faced by the Middle East, half of the respondents said the rise of Daesh was the biggest problem while 38 percent viewed the threat of terrorism as the biggest challenge. Other factors, including unemployment, were also named as major woes in the Middle East region.
The majority of the participants also said Daesh could not establish a so-called caliphate (rule) in the Arab world while 15 percent said yes and nine percent said it would fail to do so.
Daesh Takfiri terrorist group controls parts of land in both Iraq and Syria, where it continues to carry out heinous crimes against all religious and ethnic groups.
Both the Syrian and Iraqi armies backed by volunteer forces have managed to purge several areas of the terrorist group, which is supported by certain regional governments, including Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Qatar.