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Iraq
Nationality breakdown suspected ISIS-linked foreign fighters in Iraq
2026-02-17

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Nationality breakdown + respective counts of 5,704 suspected #ISIS-linked foreign fighters (and affiliates) transferred from #Syria to #Iraq. Official table issued by the Iraqi Correctional Service, specifically from the Karkh Central Prison section.
Top six, from highest to lower: Syria, Iraq, Morocco, Turkestan, Russia, Egypt. One assumes Iraq will send the Syrians back to the new HTS government to punish or absorb. Only two from America, five from β€œPalestine”, 25 from Afghanistan.
1. Azerbaijan – 55
2. Jordan – 19
3. Spain – 1
4. Australia – 13
5. Afghanistan – 25
6. Albania – 8
7. Bosnia and Herzegovina – 23
8. Algeria – 25
9. Sweden – 5
10. Iraq – 460
11. Germany – 27
12. Morocco – 187
13. Yemen – 9
14. Indonesia – 46
15. Uzbekistan – 36
16. Ukraine – 13
17. Iran – 23
18. Swaziland – 1
19. Ireland – 1
20. South America (unspecified) – 7
21. Pakistan – 17
22. Bahrain – 6
23. United Kingdom – 10
24. Belgium – 8
25. Bangladesh – 3
26. Poland – 2
27. Turkestan (Northwestern China) – 165
28. Turkey – 181
29. Trinidad and Tobago – 5
30. Netherlands – 9
31. Tunisia – 234
32. Maldives – 1
33. South Africa – 1
34. New Zealand – 1
35. Georgia – 3
36. Dagestan – 3
37. Denmark – 2
38. Russia – 130
39. Saudi Arabia – 68
40. Sudan – 8
41. Syria – 3,544
42. Sweden – 3
43. Switzerland – 3
44. Seychelles – 1
45. Chechnya – 7
46. Serbia – 2
47. Somalia – 2
48. China – 5
49. Tajikistan – 63
50. France – 4
51. Palestine – 5
52. Kyrgyzstan – 42
53. Kazakhstan – 4
54. Canada – 5
55. Guantanamo (?) – 1
56. Kurdistan – 3
57. Kosovo – 3
58. Lebanon – 13
59. Libya – 24
60. Maldives – 2
61. Malaysia – 5
62. Egypt – 116
63. North Macedonia – 1
64. Austria – 2
65. India – 1
66. United States – 2

Total count: 5,704
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