Eight policeman in Egypt have been shot dead on the outskirts of the Cairo.

Summary

Eight policeman in Egypt have been shot dead on the outskirts of the Cairo. Their white police van was ambushed by four gunman in a truck. They sprayed the vehicle with bullets. They are militants affiliated to so-called Islamic State. The insurgent like this have recently conducted hit-and-run attacks on police in Cairo and been behind small-scale bombings in the city. Killing so many policeman near Cairo is a worrying escalation

opinion

Recently, The current situation in the Middle East is controversial. Many journalists including Japanese were killed by terrorist like ISIS. I think Japan can bridge the relationship between the countries which are confronting each other. Indeed, It is important to fight with terrorists and suppress them. However, the fight brings damages and  victims among citizens and then it cannot solve problems fundamentally. In order to stabilize the current situation in the Middle east, each countries should cooperate even partially because this situation and terrorist are strongly related to religious conflicts which is reason why terrorists want to fight and spread their territory and destruct heritage sites between each countries such as Saudi and Iraq. These countries are connected to powerful nation like Russia and U.S. which intensify conflicts because of interests around petroleum. In this sense, Japan takes neutral position to countries like Saudi and Iraq relatively so Japan can bridge the good relationships between these countries. I think it leads to the stabilization of the domestic situation of each country to have good relationships in the Middle East and we can exterminate terrorism.