Counter-Terrorism Center Says About 1,200 Foreign Fighters in EU
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Around 30 percent of the about 4,000 Europeans who have traveled to Syria and Iraq as so-called foreign fighters have returned to their home countries, posing a “potential security threat,” the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism said.
Most of the Europeans traveling to the Mideast war zones come from Belgium, France, Germany, and the U.K., the ICCT, an independent research organization based in The Hague, said in a report published on Friday. The highest percentage of foreign fighters per capita comes from Belgium. The report was prepared for the Dutch National Coordinator for Security and Counter-Terrorism.