The terror threat has existed for many decades in many nations. One of the primary cause of past, present, and future of terror threats is the political interest with the aim of violating democratic values of people in a country and violate the right and freedoms of people in a country. The causes have been the same over the years. However, a current cause of terror threats is the attempt of the counter terror attack by other groups thus leading to terrorist activities. However, in future, causes would be the conflict of interest among groups claiming other nations discriminate them. During past decades, there was no use of technology in fighting, unlike today whereby development of technology have increased terror threats thus, the terrorist have shown progress in their capabilities to dealing with counter-attack (Abrahms, 2008). The terror groups have become prominent and have international influences of their own rights, unlike the past where they had not well developed. Also, terrorists have integrated with other sub-states entities thus forming the criminal organizational in several states that promote international terrorist activities.
Syria is one of the four sponsors of war that have been identified by the state due to terrorist activities. Syria is one of the countries that have had war and terror activities for a long period. As a leader of a terror group, I would take advantage of the country's war crisis. The country would provide grounds to recruit and train organized crimes and terrorists. The reason is that the country has been fighting over the years and reduce the predictability of its operation. Therefore, the department of homeland security in Syria would not easily recognize our presence. With such a ground to recruit and arm the group, it provides basis to plan attacks to other states (Fortna, 2015). Therefore, war prone area provides a strong foundation for leaders of terror group to train and organize state attacks.
References
Abrahms, M. (2008). What Terrorists Want: Terrorist Motives and Counterterrorism Strategy. International Security 32 (4), 86-89.
Fortna, V. (2015). Do Terrorists win? Rebels Use of Terrorism and Civil War Outcomes. International Organization 69 (3), 519-556.
