French Jihadist Recruits in Syria-Iraq Fighting Double
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Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said the number of French nationals joining Islamic militant groups in Syria and Iraq has almost doubled since the start of the year.
“There is a considerable increase in the number of departures” from French territory, he said in a Europe 1 radio interview today. An 82 percent rise this year has put about 375 French citizens “in the theater of operations in Syria and Iraq.”