Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 18:08:09 +0100
Foreign fighters flow to Syria
30.10.2014
An estimated 15,000 militants from at least 80 nations are believed to have
entered Syria to help overthrow the regime of President Bashar al-Assad
according the CIA and studies by ISCR and The Soufan Group. Many of these
fighters are believed to have joined units that are now part of the Islamic
State. Western officals are concerned about what these individuals may do
upon returning to their native countries.
Map: Flow of foreign fighters to Syria
International Center for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence
(ISCR), The Soufan Group, CIA. Gene Thorp, Julie Tate and Swati Sharma.
Published on October 11, 2014, 6:44 p.m.
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