The Combating Terrorism Center has published its latest report on foreign fighters. Entitled “From Cradle to Grave: The Lifecycle of Foreign Fighters in Iraq and Syria” and written by Dr. Arie Perliger and Dr. Daniel Milton, the report breaks down the experience of foreign fighters in Iraq and Syria into three stages (pre-departure, in theater, and return) by examining a dataset of nearly 1,200 foreign fighters from mostly Western Europe and North America.
Read the full report here.