There have been many reports of jihadis or other foreign fighters flowing into Syria, as if it were the next Afghanistan or Iraq.
He said American military forces were still trying to identify foreign fighters flowing into Iraq and whether they are collaborating with Iraqis to resist the American-led occupation forces.
In Iraq, a relatively well-educated and high-tech society with a similarly well-organized insurgency, American troops seized computer hard drives and cellphones that provided a trove of information about militant networks, including detailed accounting of foreign fighters flowing into the country.
Part of that is because the militants are being monitored in new ways, but the number of foreign fighters flowing into the region is also up because the belief is still there that a Caliphate — a new Islamic nation — run by the militants will be created, Allen said.
The document refers to "credible accounts" of heavy weapons and foreign fighters continuing to flow into eastern Ukraine from Russia.
"Nearly every country on Earth could have an ability and an interest to join in this effort, whether by providing military assistance, by helping to track and stop the flow of foreign fighters, helping to track and stop the flow of money," Kerry said during a press conference at the US embassy in Baghdad.
"Nearly every country on Earth could have an ability and an interest to join in this effort, whether by providing military assistance, by helping to track and stop the flow of foreign fighters, helping to track and stop the flow of money," he said during a press conference at the US embassy in Baghdad," said Kerry.
But foreign fighters with a steady flow of weapons and cash from radical Islamist donors attracted many Syrians to Nusra, which the United States labeled a terrorist organization for its connection to the Qaeda branch in Iraq.
Thanks to international efforts, the flow of foreign fighters, including from America, to Syria and Iraq has plummeted.
The flow of foreign fighters into Iraq and Syria is down by 90percentt, according to the Defense Department.
