Following the uprisings in the Arab world,the region has lurched into a period of massive change and instability. An unfortunate consequence of this change has been the rise and proliferation of

It is estimated that since the start of the Syrian conflict in 211,over 3, foreign fighters have joined Sunni militant groups,such as ISIS and al-Qaeda,in Iraq and Syria. The Middle East,with

The conflict embroiling Syria hit another benchmark: the war’s number of foreign fighters now tops Afghanistan in the 198s. Syria has become the training ground of choice for today’s violent jihadis