Meeting the foreign fighters: how does Islamic State recruit thousands of Westerners?
To understand why IS draws thousands of would-be fighters from the West, we need to view the militant group through the lens of the fighters themselves.
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To understand why IS draws thousands of would-be fighters from the West, we need to view the militant group through the lens of the fighters themselves.
By Jakob Sheikh