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US report: Foreign fighters (358,000 in total) from 92 countries were engaged in Syria…
Posted on: June 7, 2014
US report: Foreign fighters (358,000 in total) from 92 countries were engaged in Syria…
Hala Fouaad Mahfoud posted this link:
A US report by a center for strategic research dedicated to the Middle East and Arabic region on the status of Syria stated that out of 358,000 foreign fighters (from 92 nationalities) in Syria, less than 100,000 are still around on the ground.
Since April 2011 till Dec. 31, 2013, over 358,000 foreign fighters were engaged in Syria at some point in the struggle.
About 98,000 were killed, 182,000 disengaged and left, 12,000 are missing.
Some 66,000 are still fighting with the two major Al Qaeda factions of Al Nusra Front and Daesh.
The largest number of incoming fighters was registered in October 2013 at 143,000 fighters.
12,760 “warriors” were from the US and Western Europe: 2085 returned “home” and about 874 of the returnees found their citizenship revoked.
Saudi Arabia ranked first in number of Islamist Jihadist with over 70,000, of which 28,000 were killed.
Tunisia sent the most of women, followed by Saudi Arabia, with a total of 900 women who were used for sex and entertainment. About 208 were killed.
374 Turkish soldiers and officers were killed and accounted as falling during engagement with Kurdish separatist factions.
More than $100 bn were spent on this war: Saudi Arabia spent $21 bn and Qatar $13 bn, followed by Kuwait and the Gulf Emirates.
The Chechen fighters were the most trained, and the Saudis the least. The Lebanese were ever ready to flee at the first serious engagement.
The Turkish clinical centers benefited most from the trade of body parts.
Lately, France confirmed that 800 French citizens fought in Syria.
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