Hummad asserts youth's role for deterring extremism, terrorism

al-Razzaq Hummad affirmed that extremist and terrorist phenomena have become international concern must be fought and deterred by allmeans.

In the national symposium entitled " Effect of Extremism and Terrorism on National Economy", organized by General Union of Yemeni Youth on Monday, Hummad argued the international community to be aware of danger of these phenomena among youth with the increaseunemployment ratio.

Hummad, who stressed role of youth in deterring these phenomena, highlighted efforts exerted by military and security forces incooperation with citizens in discovering all terrorist plans.

In the symposium, participated by more than 100 youth, scholars, academics, thinkers and university professors, work papers have been presented on political and economic dimensions of extremism and terrorism, social dimension and on the concept of extremism andterrorism and their affects on Yemeni youth.

The symposium came out with recommendations asserted on supporting civil society institutions and of youth for solving difficult issuesin the society.

The participants called on the government to put strategies andprograms for facing the two phenomena.