Siddartha Dhar was arrested on terror charges in the UK, but escaped on bail and made it to Syria with his family More than 25,000 foreign fighters from 100 nations have travelled to join militant groups such as al-Qaeda and Islamic State (IS), a UN report says. It said the number of foreign fighters worldwide had soared by 71% between the middle of 2014 and March 2015. Syria and Iraq were by far
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