Where Are Islamic State Jihadists Fleeing?

Members of the Syrian Democratic Forces survey an area near the central hospital of RaqqaBulent Kilic/AFP

Layal About Rahal, Digital Journal/AFP: Fleeing offensives, where are the IS jihadists going?

The Islamic State group is under attack across the remaining parts of its self-proclaimed caliphate, but what happens to its thousands of fighters as their group loses grip on territory?

Facing multiple offensives, the jihadist group has lost the Libyan city of Sirte, Iraq's Mosul and Ramadi, and is now on the verge of being ousted from its former Syrian stronghold Raqa.

At its peak IS counted tens of thousands of fighters among its ranks, with US officials estimating as many as 40,000 foreign fighters traveled to join the jihadists over the years.

How many have been killed, arrested?

Read more ....

WNU Editor: The foreign jihadists have a problem .... they can be easily spotted. But for the locals .... unless they are pointed out by those who know them, they will just blend into the population. But the above article is correct that as the Islamic State shrinks, the last battles will probably be the most intense and bloodiest of the entire war. For the past week I have been reading Russian news coverage on what Russian air power and Syrian forces are facing as they move into ISIS controlled east Syria .... if these reports are true, this is as bad as it gets .... Russian air strikes kill 2,000+ ISIS, Al-Nusra terrorists in Syria in 11 days – military (VIDEO) (RT).