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| Moscow: 2,400 Russian nationals fighting for Isis in Syria and Iraq |
| 2015-09-19 |
| Moscow has revealed that it has information of at least 2,400 Russian nationals fighting for the Islamic State (isis) terrorist group in Syria and Iraq. The First Deputy Director of Federal Security, Sergei Smirnov, said on Friday that of the 3,000 Central Asian nationals, at least 2,400 are Russians. The statement from a senior Russian official comes days after TASS reported that more than 170 Russians have been killed in Syria fighting for Isis. In 2014, the CIA had claimed that the Islamic State has 30,000 fighters drawn from over 80 countries. The Iraqi officials believe the number to be at least 2 lakh. The terrorist group, which now control almost 50% of Syria and Iraq, has radical fighters from France, UK, Germany, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, the United States, Canada and Russia, among other countries, in its ranks. Russia recently proposed that the United States should include Kremlin and the Assad government to fight the Isis. It is believed that the US is still mulling over the proposal. |
| Posted by:Pappy |
| #1 Russia has its share of idiots too. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2015-09-19 08:27 |