czwartek, 9 stycznia 2014

More than 10,000 foreign fighters in Syria

... Up to 11,000 fighters from more than 70 nations have joined the struggle in Syria against President Bashar Al Assad, almost doubling estimates made in early 2013. The number of individuals from western Europe taking up arms has tripled to reach 1,900 and includes up to 366 from Britain. The number reported from France has quadrupled while Belgium has the highest per capita rate. Arabs and Europeans made up the bulk of foreign fighters, with up to 80 per cent, but militants from south-east Asia, North America, Africa, the Balkans and countries of the former Soviet Union were also represented.
Syria is becoming as big a magnet for Muslim fighters as Afghanistan was in the 1980s when an estimated 35,000 foreigners joined the mujahideen ranks against Soviet invaders...

Source: the Gulf News    

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