UN Report: Iraq And Syria Are 'Finishing Schools' For Foreign Extremists

Daily Mail: Syria, the finishing school for fanatics: More than 20,000 foreign fighters from 100 different nations have travelled to the country

 * Number of foreign fighters worldwide soared by 71% from mid-2014 to now
 * Syria and Iraq were most popular regions - mainly for IS and Al-Nusra Front
 * United Nations report said fighters came from over half world's countries
 * It warned if IS was defeated foreign fighters could scatter across the globe

More than 20,000 foreign fighters have fled to Syria and Iraq, turning the region into an ‘international finishing school’ for jihadists, an alarming report found.

Fighters from 100 nations – more than half the countries in the world – have joined militant groups such as Al Qaeda and Islamic State, according to research by the United Nations.

Worryingly, the report warned if IS was defeated in the war-torn region then the barbarous foreign fighters could be scattered across the world.

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