“There are 3,000 Europeans in Iraq and Syria today. When you do a projection for the months to come, there could be 5,000 before summer and 10,000 before the end of the year,” French Prime Minister Valls (picture) told French TV channel iTele.
According to the Tel-Aviv-based Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, approximately between 6,000 and 7,000 fighters have already traveled to Syria alone in order to join the Islamic State and other groups like it. (Jerusalem Post)
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