I don’t think we have a good answer.”International counter-terror groups are putting huge efforts into answering those questions, working hard to name, count and track IS foreign fighters. In France, officials say, around 1,700 people went to Iraq and Syria since 2013 to join IS. ‘One-way ticket’Terrorism specialist Bruce Hoffman of Georgetown University estimated during a conference Wednesday that “thousands” have escaped the war zone. The defeat of IS on the battlefield in Syria in Iraq did not close off escape routes. IS fighters were able to blend in with civilian refugees or bribe their way to sneak into Turkey.

Source: Manila Times December 16, 2017 04:30 UTC