Daesh released a 30-minute video pledging to wreak havoc in China to "avenge the oppressed" at a time when the brutal group that once ruled over a third of Iraq and Syria has been consistently loosing territory in the Middle East. The threat could help bring Washington and Beijing closer together, Igor Gashkov wrote for Sputnik.
The propaganda video is said to mark the first time that Daesh has issued a threat to China.
The propaganda video is said to mark the first time that Daesh has issued a threat to China.
"Tense relations between Beijing and the Islamists have often escaped the attention of the media. However, for two decades China has stated that it has been a victim of terrorist attacks and lamented that its efforts aimed at fighting radical Islam have been underestimated," Gashkov asserted.