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Concern grows over Westerners joining fight in Iraq and Syria

(Reuters) — Concern was mounting in the United States and Europe on Wednesday (August 27) over the flow of foreign fighters to Syria and Iraq after news that an American man supected of fighting alongside Islamic State (IS) militants had been killed in Syria. U.S. officials confirmed Douglas McAuthur McCain’s presence and death in Syria, amid reports of dozens of Americans joining the ranks of foreign fighters in the war-torn country. U.S. intelligence agencies estimate roughly 7,000 foreign fighters in total are operating in Syria, out of roughly […]