Foreign fighters are still going to Syria to fight on the side of the jihadists, regardless of the fact that the international coalition is bombing the positions of the Islamic State in that country, US officials announced today.
The US Counter-Terrorism Committee stated that 16.000 foreign fighters went primarily to Syria, then to Iraq, Yemen, Afghanistan and Somalia.
"That number is still increasing," said an unnamed American official and added that the daily bombings of jihadists in Syria and Iraq have not at all dissuaded foreign fighters from leaving the ranks of the Islamists, but are still arriving.
Most foreign fighters come from the Middle East and North Africa. About 2.000 Islamists come from Europe, and about 100 from the USA.
The American authorities fear most that the fighters will organize attacks when they return to their home countries.
Unlike Al Qaeda, the Islamic State uses online social networks to recruit new members, using sophisticated campaigns that idealize its exploits.
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