Foreign (Terrorist) Fighters with IS: A European Perspective

This Research Paper by Dr. Alex P. Schmid opens with a brief exposition of the foreign (terrorist) fighter (FTF) phenomenon, concentrating on Salafist jihadists and their astonishing growth after the Caliphate was proclaimed in mid-2014. The author then discusses various definitions of FTFs. Subsequ...

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Main Author: Alex P. Schmid
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: ICCT | International Centre for Counter-Terrorism - The Hague 2015-12-01
Series:ICCT Research Papers
Online Access:http://icct.nl/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/ICCT-Schmid-Foreign-Terrorist-Fighters-with-IS-A-European-Perspective-December2015.pdf