More or Less: Behind the Stats
More or Less: Behind the Stats
BBC Radio 4
WSMoreOrLess: Counting Foreign Fighters
9 minutes Posted Jul 31, 2015 at 11:00 am.
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It has been reported that as many as 20,000 foreign fighters have joined militants in the Middle East and that they make up around 10% of ISIS. Wesley Stephenson and Federica Cocco look at the numbers behind those claims and examine where those fighting in places like Syria and Iraq come from.