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Foreign Fighters

Find five landmark reports, three large and unique datasets, countless Sentinel articles, and declassified al-Qa`ida in Iraq foreign fighter personnel records. Explore our primary sources and empirically-grounded research products on foreign fighters below.

July 18, 2019

When Terrorists Stay Home: The Evolving Threat to Europe from Frustrated Travelers

Robin Simcox

A View from the CT Foxhole: Catherine De Bolle, Executive Director, Europol

Paul Cruickshank

May 29, 2019

Options for Dealing with Islamic State Foreign Fighters Currently Detained in Syria

Brian Michael Jenkins

April 26, 2019

A View from the CT Foxhole: Edmund Fitton-Brown, Coordinator, ISIL (Daesh)/Al-Qaida/Taliban Monitoring Team, United Nations

Paul Cruickshank

October 10, 2019

Abu al Hasan al Turki personnel form

Abu Ayash al Maghribi personnel form

Abu al Muthanna al Jamali personnel form

Abu-Bakr alShami personnel form

June 30, 2014

Washington Post Cites CTC Sentinel

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February 6, 2008

The Terrorists’ Paper Trail in Iraq

US News and World Report

February 4, 2008

Libyans Advance in Al Qaeda Network

Los Angeles Times

January 21, 2008

Papers Paint Portrait of Iraq’s Foreign Insurgents

Washington Post

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