The article examines reaction and response to the terrorist attack in Crocus City Hall at the official and unofficial levels in the Middle East. The media, social networks and the expert community condemn the actions of the terrorists. At the same time, a review of the speeches indicates different interpretations of the event, especially that which is related to its orchestrators and curators. The author concludes that many Arab authors perceive the attack on Crocus as a challenge, projecting it onto the realities of their region. In their publications they talk about the need to pay greater attention to monitoring terrorist actions, its roots, practices in responding to it and the fight against terrorism in the Middle East. Arguments and theses in the rhetoric of local radical Islamists are observed.
terrorist attack; Russia; Crocus City; Middle East; reaction; opinions; assessments; Arabs; ISIS; Afghanistan.