2024-03-18T10:05:50+00:00
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/ Iraq ranked second within the Arab world, and eleventh globally out of 89 ranks on the record of “least protected nations” world wide, within the newest report revealed by the World Terrorism Index issued by the Institute of Economics and Peace for the yr 2024.
The index positioned 5 Arab nations within the class of the most secure nations, led by Kuwait, Morocco, and Mauritania, together with Qatar and Oman, and gave all of them a zero level. Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Vietnam got here within the ranks that don’t face any terrorist threats and are the most secure world wide, and in addition gave them a zero level.
Syria ranked first within the Arab world and fifth on the earth among the many least protected world wide with 7,890 factors, adopted by Iraq in second place within the Arab world and eleventh on the earth for the least protected world wide with 7,078 factors, whereas Burkina and Pakistan got here after it.
Then again, the report stated that deaths brought on by terrorism on the earth rose final yr by 22 % to succeed in 8,352 instances and at the moment are at their highest stage since 2017, though they’re nonetheless 23 % decrease than they have been at their peak in 2015.
Excluding the occasions of October 7, deaths might have remained 5 % decrease.
The report acknowledged that the chance of additional destabilization within the Center East area because of the October 7 assaults stays excessive. There are fears that the scope of the battle in Gaza will broaden to different nations within the area.