New report uncovers details about the 129 Americans who joined ISIS terrorist group

While ISIS may have lost its strongholds in Raqqa, Syria, and Mosul, Iraq, the terrorist group remains a threat.

ISIS has been linked to the ambush that killed four U.S. soldiers in Niger — a sign its influence is in more places than the Middle East.

Back when the terrorist group was at its zenith, recruits came in from all over the world, including the United States. Last year, Independent Journal Review reported the FBI had hundreds of open cases into ISIS sympathizers in the U.S.

But a new report about the Americans who have joined ISIS is turning heads.

The report was compiled by the Soufan Group, an organization that provides security and intelligence services.

Subsequently, authorities have warned about the threat of returning jihadists to their homeland and since the falls of Mosul, Raqqa and the rapidly receding footprint of ISIS, such fears have come to the forefront.

According to a new report, “Beyond the Caliphate: Foreign Fighters and the Threat of Returnees,” released this week by the Soufan Center — a Washington-based security intelligence consultancy — there are now at least 5,600 citizens or residents from 33 countries who have returned home — accounting for about 15 percent of the fighters.

The report asserts that for the United States, 129 fighters succeeded in leaving the country and only seven have returned.

Fortunately, the United States has not been attacked by an ISIS operative that has gone to Syria and returned to the U.S. But as the terrorist group continues to lose the ground, the fact that 122 Americans who joined ISIS are still out there somewhere is a disturbing revelation.

Source: IJR