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February 5, 2016       Share:    

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-fighters-idUSKCN0VD2ZO

New U.S. Intelligence Report Says Islamic State Weaker

(Reuters) Jonathan Landay - Islamic State has 25,000 fighters in Syria and Iraq, down from a previous estimate of 31,000, according to a U.S. intelligence report revealed by the White House on Thursday. "The decrease reflects the combined effects of battlefield deaths, desertions, internal disciplinary actions, recruiting shortfalls, and difficulties that foreign fighters face traveling to Syria," said Emily Horne, a spokeswoman for the National Security Council.

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