Latest figures from Kings College London show up to 53,000 people travelled to Syria to join ISIS
Legions of ISIS foreign fighters have fanned out across the globe to pose the threat of a resurgence by the group in territories from Syria into Asia.
Researchers at King's College London said more emphasis needed to be placed on the movement of veteran fighters to conflict zones in South-East Asia and Africa rather than their return to Europe.
Latest figures from the university showed that 53,000 people travelled to Syria to join ISIS between 2013 to 2018.
The report by researchers in the defence studies department at King’s, in collaboration with Institute for Strategic Studies, said that career foreign fighters increased the risk of an ISIS resurgence as thousands joined new militia groups.
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WNU Editor: Even though many foreign ISIS fighters have been killed in the past few years, many have also survived bringing their expertise and experience to other militant groups in other countries.
