September 14 2017
Recent U.S. intelligence estimates put the number of Islamic State fighters still in Iraq and Syria at about 13,000, reports the Al-Masdar News, an online Middle East publication.
Meanwhile, Gilles de Kerchove, the European Union counterterrorism chief, told Die Welt in Germany that he estimates that there are around 2,500 Europeans among these fighters.
This is about half the previous total, de Kerchove said. About 1,000 have likely been killed, and another 1,500 are...
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