Foreign fighters keep flocking to Syria and Iraq

The number of foreign fighters in Syria and Iraq has more than doubled since last year to at least 27,000, according to a report by the Soufan Group security consultancy

Western

Europe

Balkans

Former Soviet

republics

875

FOREIGN FIGHTER

GROWTH

5,000

120

2015

2014

2,500

4,700

Syria

800

Africa

280

100

Iraq

8,000

Southeast

Asia

North

America

4,700

900

8,240

50

2,900

Middle East

FOREIGN FIGHTERS IN SYRIA AND IRAQ

Estimates for selected countries

Compiled from government estimates, UN reports,

studies by research bodies, academic sources

and other sources quoting government officials

WESTERN EUROPE

FORMER EASTERN BLOC

MIDDLE EAST

France

Russia

1,700

2,400

Saudi Arabia

2,500

Germany

Kyrgyzstan

760

500

Turkey

2,000-2,200

United Kingdom

760

Uzbekistan

Jordan

500

2,000+

Belgium

470

Tajikistan

Lebanon

386

900

Austria

300

Turkmenistan

Kuwait

360

70

Sweden

300

Bosnia

330

Israel

40-50

Netherlands

220

Kazakhstan

300

ASIA AND PACIFIC

Spain

133

Kosovo

232

Indonesia

700

Denmark

125

Macedonia

146

China

300

Italy

87

Azerbaijan

104+

Maldives

200

Norway

81

Albania

90

Australia

120

Finland

70

Serbia

50-70

Malaysia

100

Switzerland

57

Philippines

100

AFRICA

Ireland

30

Pakistan

Tunisia

70

6,000

Portugal

12

Afghanistan

Morocco

50

1,200

NORTH AMERICA

India

Egypt

23

600+

United States

150

New Zealand

5-10

Libya

600

Canada

130

Japan

9

Algeria

170

Source: The Soufan Group

Picture: Associated Press